They desecrated nine graves at the San Luis Jewish Cemetery

Nine graves at the Jewish cemetery of San Luis have been profane during the weekend, the delegation of Argentine Jewish badociations (DAIA) denounced Monday.

"The DAIA repudiates the attack. The act of vandalism was caused by strangers who climbed the walls and they destroyed logs, bronze plates and other embedded objects, "said the organization in a press release.

Ariel Braverman, leader of the Libres del Sur political group, said it was "like in 2009, when they profaned the graves of my great-grandparents, Marcos Braverman and María Blejer, along with seven other gravestones at San Luis Cemetery ", capital of the province.

"Horrible act of neo-Nazism, intolerance and hatred of the areas of the medieval obscurantism of San Luis that we already know. The desecration of graves is only the visible part: these sectors are organized and have more and more tools to spread hatred, "he added.

The Jewish community in Argentina has about 190,000 members and is one of the largest in Latin America. In the last annual report of the DAIA, published in September 2018, it was stated that "the facts of Anti-Semitism has increased in the country 14% in the last year and his biggest presence has been in social networks. "

These acts of vandalism do not occur only in Argentina. In recent weeks, Paris has been the target of several painted with anti-Semitic messages and even a swastika appearing on the portrait of Simone Veil, former French minister and survivor of the Holocaust.

A week ago, thousands of people rallied throughout France to denounce an upsurge of anti-Semitism in the country, hours after nearly 80 graves were desecrated in a Jewish cemetery.