"Suffering" and "nausea". 107 graves were desecrated by large swastika on Tuesday in the village of Westhoffen, 30 km from Strasbourg. "Anti-Semitism is a crime, and we will fight it," President Macron responded late in the day. After this sad discovery, several families came to collect themselves, but the entrance of the cemetery was barred by the gendarmes. Olivier Kahn holds back his tears. All his family is buried in Westhoffen. "I have thirty people who are there, my grandparents, my parents, my great grandparents ... I feel great suffering, and nausea."
"Anger and shame"
Among the desecrated graves, there are also those of the family of Jean-Louis Debré, former president of the Constitutional Council. "I feel anger of shame, anger for me, shame for them, as long as we can stop these characters, who wallow in anti-Semitism and hatred, more than ever before," At the microphone of Europe 1. In the middle of swastikas, the number "14" is tagged on a grave. A symbol-figure "used by white supremacists", says Maurice Dahan, of the Israeli consistory of Bas-Rhin.
"We have to stop talking about cemeteries for months, we find anti-Semitic tags in the villages of Alsace.It's time to put ourselves in a state of vigilance," he continues. This is not the first time that the graves of the Westhoffen Jewish Cemetery have been desecrated. The authors of the previous acts have not been questioned. "The investigations are continuing," said the prefect, careful. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner will visit the site Wednesday for a meditation ceremony.