New anti-Semitic attack in France: vandalized a memorial in the old synagogue of Strasbourg

A memorial marking the location of the former synagogue in Strasbourg, which was destroyed by the Nazis during the Second World War, was destroyed during the night, said Saturday the leaders of the city of East of France.

"Again, that's enough"the mayor wrote Roland Ries on your Facebook page before going to the site for an inspection.

The stone is next to the Avenida de los Justos, dedicated to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust, said Ries.

"A new incident of anti-Semitism in our city", Said, meanwhile, the mayor Alain Fontanel on Twitter, post a photo.

"Quai Kleber synagogue was burned by the Nazis nearly 80 years ago. The commemorative stone that marked this tragedy was destroyed during the night"he added.

The city council was working with the police to locate those responsible, Fontanel said.

The synagogue, which was the main place of worship of the city's Jewish community, was ransacked and burned on September 30, 1940.

The region had already been shaken on February 19when 96 graves were filled with swastikas in a Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim, north-west of Strasbourg.