Jewish graves desecrated near Strasbourg in eastern France
Source: BBC
57 minutes ago
Some 80 graves have been desecrated at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials say.
The damage was discovered on Tuesday, ahead of nationwide marches against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks.
It occurred at a cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, on the night of Monday into Tuesday, town hall officials told the franceinfo website.
President Emmanuel Macron has condemned anti-Semitic abuse after a prominent intellectual was targeted.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47289129
Source: Agence France-Presse
80 graves vandalised at Jewish cemetery in France
Date created : 19/02/2019 - 13:21
Strasbourg (France) (AFP)
Around 80 graves have been daubed with swastikas at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said, hours ahead of nationwide marches on Tuesday against a rise in anti-Semitic attacks.
The damage was discovered on Tuesday morning at a cemetery in the village of Quatzenheim, close to the border with Germany in the Alsace region, a statement from the regional security office said.
Photos show the Nazi symbols in blue spray-painted on the damaged graves, one of which bears the words "Elsassisches Schwarzen Wolfe" ("Black Alsacian Wolves), a separatist group with links to neo-Nazis in the 1970s.
The top security official for the region, Jean-Luc Marx, condemned "in the strongest possible terms this awful anti-Semitic act and sends his complete support to the Jewish community which has been targeted again," the statement added.
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Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/20190219-80-graves-vandalised-jewish-cemetery-france
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I don't blame them.
oldsoftie
(12,674 posts)I for one, would welcome them with open arms. A definite plus for our society IMO.
JudyM
(29,294 posts)Heartwarming, in fact. As a Jew, hearing almost daily of the growing antisemitic attacks is especially troubling, to say the least.
Welcome to DU, oldsoftie!
flying_wahini
(6,712 posts)Good at stirring up shit with Nazis. He had been at the area where the Nazi crowd
was a few months ago.
Texin
(2,600 posts)And, according to a French woman I worked with recently, anti-Semitism has been on the rise again there and throughout France since the mid-90s.
Behind the Aegis
(54,064 posts)When will they finally tire of 'soft targets' and make a hardcore strike?
Of course, when they do, what will be the reactions? I can pretty much guess.