CNN.com – Jewish graves desecrated in France – Aug 10, 2004
Jewish graves desecrated in France
Tuesday, August 10, 2004 Posted: 7:34 AM EDT (1134 GMT)
French government has condemned the desecration.
LYON, France (AP) — Vandals scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti on dozens of tombstones in Lyon overnight, authorities said Tuesday, the third time a Jewish cemetery has been desecrated this year.
Swastikas and inscriptions with Adolf Hitler’s name were painted on headstones in de la Mouche cemetery in this southern French city, the same burial site that was desecrated by skinheads in 1992.
Richard Wertenschlag, Lyon’s chief rabbi, told France Info radio that the vandalism was an affront to the Jewish community and to France’s values.
“How is it that after the Holocaust, someone can still attack Jews — even those who are dead — for the simple reason that they are Jews?” he said.
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