Jewish graves desecrated near Strasbourg in eastern France

[Eugene]

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

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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]

1. Jews are leaving Europe at record numbers

I don't blame them.

[oldsoftie]

2. I wish they would all come HERE. Even though we also have some of the same issues.

I for one, would welcome them with open arms. A definite plus for our society IMO.

[JudyM]

4. Such a kind thing to say.

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!

[oldsoftie]

6. Thanks!

[flying_wahini]

3. I'd love to know if Brannon has been talking to the vandals that did this. He's really

Good at stirring up shit with Nazi’s. He had been at the area where the Nazi crowd
was a few months ago.

[Texin]

5. Strasbourg has historically been a hot bed of anti-Semitism in France.

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]

7. How long before someone ups the ante?

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.