Synagogue memorial stone vandalised in antisemitic attack in France
Stone marking building razed by Nazis targeted in 'act that undermines the republic'
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Your support makes all the difference.A memorial stone marking the site of a former synagogue destroyed by the Nazis has been vandalised in Strasbourg.
Officials said the heavy memorial stone was discovered moved from its base in the French city on Saturday morning.
Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries denounced the incident as “a new antisemitic act”.
French officials in the region said that antisemitism “undermines the values of the republic”.
The monument commemorates a synagogue built in 1898 that was set on fire and razed to the ground by the Nazis in 1940.
The incident comes amid an uptick in antisemitic acts in France in recent months.
Last month, about 80 gravestones were spray-painted with swastikas in a Jewish cemetery close to Strasbourg.