PARIS: A Paris memorial honoring individuals who distinguished themselves by serving to to rescue Jews in France in the course of the nation’s Nazi occupation in World Conflict II was defaced Tuesday with painted blood-red fingers, vandalism decried as “unspeakable” by the Paris mayor.
The assault on the Wall of the Righteous comes within the context of tensions and anger in France over the Israel-Hamas struggle.Antisemitic acts have surged within the nation with the most important Jewish and Muslim populations in western Europe.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo stated the memorial was vandalized in a single day Monday to Tuesday. She stated she has filed a grievance with the Paris prosecutor.
“No trigger can justify such degradations that soiled the reminiscence of the victims of the Shoah and of the Righteous who saved Jews in danger to their lives,” Hidalgo stated in an announcement.
The wall bears the names of greater than 3,900 individuals acknowledged as having risked their lives to assist save Jews in France.
Ariel Weil, the mayor of Paris’ central districts, posted pictures on the social media platform X of the harm. The pictures confirmed greater than two dozen blood-red fingers painted on the memorial’s stonework and others on a wall within the Paris neighborhood.
The assault on the Wall of the Righteous comes within the context of tensions and anger in France over the Israel-Hamas struggle.Antisemitic acts have surged within the nation with the most important Jewish and Muslim populations in western Europe.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo stated the memorial was vandalized in a single day Monday to Tuesday. She stated she has filed a grievance with the Paris prosecutor.
“No trigger can justify such degradations that soiled the reminiscence of the victims of the Shoah and of the Righteous who saved Jews in danger to their lives,” Hidalgo stated in an announcement.
The wall bears the names of greater than 3,900 individuals acknowledged as having risked their lives to assist save Jews in France.
Ariel Weil, the mayor of Paris’ central districts, posted pictures on the social media platform X of the harm. The pictures confirmed greater than two dozen blood-red fingers painted on the memorial’s stonework and others on a wall within the Paris neighborhood.
