Antisemites attack Jewish sites in eastern France

This Monday antisemitic graffiti appeared in an old synagogue in eastern France, which represents the most recent incident of a series that has sparked concern nationwide.

The swastikas were found on the door and facade of a building in the city of Mommenheim, which once served as a synagogue and bears Hebrew letters engraved at the entrance. Currently, the property is home to a sports facility.

In another incident, a monument to a synagogue demolished by the Nazis was demolished in the nearby city of Strasbourg. The huge memorial stone was found Saturday outside his base, in what Mayor Roland Ries called a "new anti-Semitic act".

In the same Alsatian region, about 80 tombstones from a Jewish cemetery in the city of Quatzenheim have been vandalized.

Last month, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in different parts of France against anti-Semitism.

The country "seems to be facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism, unprecedented since the Second World War," said President Emmanuel Macron a few days ago.

Antisemitic acts increased by 74% in France in 2018 and the trend continued in 2019, with the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in the north-east.

of the country, painted swastikas in various parts of the capital and the insults with which the Jewish academic Alain Finkielkraut was whistled in the street by protesters of the "yellow vests" movement.

With information from AP and AFP