Over 100 Graves Desecrated With Anti-Semitic Text and Images in France
More than 100 tombstones were desecrated with anti-Semitic text and imagery at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France.
The desecration was discovered Tuesday at the cemetery of Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, the AFP news agency reported.
A spokesperson for the town’s municipality did not specify the nature of the text and images painted on the cemetery.
“I condemn very firmly the despicable anti-Semitic acts that have once again occurred in the region and express my unreserved support of the Jewish community,” Jean-Luc Marx, the prefect of the Bas-Rhin region where Westhoffen is situated, said in a statement.
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