Photo locations of the Jewish community in Paris, including the Holocaust Memorial, were vandalized. Authorities condemn “these hateful acts”
Mémorial from Shoah in Paris, France. Credit: Gabrielle Cezard / Sipa Press / Profimedia
The Holocaust Memorial, two synagogues and a Jewish restaurant in the center of Paris were sprinkled with green paint during Friday night, in what seems to have been a coordinated action, police sources said, according to France 24. The Jewish community in France is one of the most numerous in the world and a large number of antiseate. Gaza on October 7, 2023.
The acts of vandalism were convicted by the French government and local officials, according to AFP.
“I am deeply disgusted by these hateful acts that concern the Jewish community,” said the French Minister of Internal Affairs, Bruno Retailleau, in a post on the X platform.
No arrests were made.
Overnight in Paris, The Holocaust Memorial, Two Synagogues, and a Jewish Restaurant Were Vandalized. In a World where no jews is saphe, I will advocate for Israel's existence and security for the rest of my life as fiercely as i am doing now. pic.twitter.com/0bttlbuan6
– Steven Goldstein (@stvengoldstein) May 31, 2025
Last week, the Interior Minister asked for “visible and disuos” security measures to protect the locations associated with the Jewish community, against the background of any anti -Semitic attacks.
In a separate message, on Friday, Bruno Retailleau ordered again increased supervision in the context of the Jewish holiday Shavuot.
The French Jewish community, one of the largest in the world, is for months on alert due to an increasing number of memorial attacks and profans.
“Anti -Semitic acts represent over 60% of anti -religious acts, and the Jewish community is particularly vulnerable,” Retailleau said in the message seen by AFP.
The Paris authorities will file a complaint about the paint incident, announced the mayor of the French capital, Anne Hidalgo.
“I condemn these acts of intimidation in the hardest terms. Anti -Semitism has nothing to do in our city or in our Republic,” she said.
In May 2024, under the wall of the Memorial in the center of Paris were made graffites in the form of red hands, in honor of those who saved the Jews from the persecution of the Nazi occupation of France from 1940-1944.
