A stone monument commemorating people’s lives massacre The police said that the survivor and former minister Simone Ville was defaced by the Nazi party emblem, which has triggered new concerns about anti-Semitism in France.
On Wednesday morning, the veil monument in Perros-Guirec, western Brittany, was found to be painted with Nazi emblems. An investigation has been launched.
Veil, born in 1917, Survived the Holocaust and became a famous figure in French politics, Fighting for abortion rights, fighting anti-Semitism, and serving as the speaker of the European Parliament.
As a teenager, she was deported to Auschwitz, where she lost her mother, father and brother.
Veil died in 2017.The following year, President Emmanuel Macron ordered that she should get The final resting place of the Pantheon in Paris, Here is the tomb of France’s greatest hero.
“Simone Veil is a French and global female rights figure, Europe And the fight against anti-Semitism,” Marlène Schiappa, Junior Minister of the Interior, wrote on Twitter. “To tarnish her monument is to tarnish France! These heinous acts must not go unpunished,” she added.
This monument was completed in 2017 and has now been cleared.
French newspapers in Western France stated that this is the third time the memorial has been targeted in the past week. It has been smeared with mustard and feces before.
A sign displayed during a protest in the eastern city of Metz over the weekend caused an uproar. The police said the sign was clearly anti-Semitist, and the vandalism took place during an extremely sensitive period in France.
The sign condemns Macron’s enforcement of health passes in France to encourage people to get vaccinated, and contains the names of famous French politicians, businessmen and intellectuals, most of whom are Jews.
The teacher suspected of brandishing this icon that went viral on social media will be tried next month for inciting racial hatred.
