Vandalized Jewish graves
Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized in French cemetery
40 headstones were toppled and smashed in the second incident of vandalism against Jewish graves in the northeastern French village of Waldwisse; French police open an investigation into the incident.
Dozens of headstones were smashed and vandalized in a 19th-century French cemetery in the village of Waldwisse, in northeastern France.
France 3 television reported that a passerby informed local French police of the vandalism and noted that 40 of the 50 headstones were damaged.
Jewish headstones vandalized in France
Vandalized graves
Police have opened an investigation, but have not yet identified suspects.
This is the second attack on the Waldwisse cemetery. In 2014, three young men were arrested after vandalizing the cemetery and a French court sentenced them to suspended prison terms.
This latest round of vandalism against Jewish graves joins a rash of similar incidents, concentrated for the most part in the United States.
Cemeteries in Rochester, New York, Philadelphia and Saint Louis were vandalized in a similar manner.
(Translated and edited by Fred Goldberg)
