These are teenagers. Five boys, aged 15 to 17 years. A small band of unknown friends of police, from the same hometown, Sarre-Union (Bas-Rhin) or very near Luneville (Meurthe-et-Moselle). Minors without history. Until they vandalize Thursday afternoon 250 graves in the Jewish cemetery of this small Alsatian town. More than half of the graves. The gravestones were overturned, broken, displaced, open vaults. The monument in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was also degraded.
This is a wanderer who gave the warning Sunday. A high school student introduced himself yesterday morning at the gendarmerie, “very shocked by this turn of events” , specified in the afternoon to the press prosecutor Saverne, Philippe Vannier. Meanwhile, a rally was organized at the cemetery in the presence of local officials, the Jewish consistory of ranking police.
In less than 24 hours, the cameras usually have invaded the peaceful village, the political authorities and Religious succeeded in condemning these acts, say their pain, disgust, their misunderstanding. François Hollande must even go there on Tuesday. Had in mind those kids? “They defend any Semitism , say have realized that it was a Jewish cemetery when they destroyed the tombs , says attorney . They saw the cemetery as abandoned. “
Synagogue. Monday morning, the icy mist had not yet dissipated families rushed the collapse of the cemetery gate. Immediately arrested by the police. They came to know. Whether their parents, their brothers had been “affected” … Only investigators and technicians judicial investigation could survey the scene. So George and Martine, two retired living in Sarrebourg, went home, “terrified” , “slaughtered” . “Sarre-Union is particularly marked” , loose discreet lady.
Since 1945, the Jewish cemetery was vandalized six times. Here, everyone has in mind the last two times: the desecration committed by teens or pre-teens (13 years), a daughter. In 1988, sixty tombs were degraded. Then fifty in 2001. The authors of the desecration of the last week are too young to remember. Michael Netter comes from Colmar, her great-grandparents are here. “I’m afraid we return to the situation of the 30s … Nazism. How it all started “, he asked, worried
At noon, the bar of the Fountain, two thirty over their half beer sensed:. “These are unemployed youth who did it.” after Charlie Hyper Kosher, shootings Copenhagen? “Coincidence” , they assured, describing a village “quiet” . “There is a job for those who want to work.” No, here, “The problem is old and their mentality. Of “unwillingly” supposedly Nazi … Yes! “ They immediately evoke ” the FN is a box in Alsace-humped “. 40% municipal in Sarre-Union. BFM TV broadcasts, over the counter quinquas recognize local figures and comment. What was the grandfather of such during the war, and this one? The Jewish community of Sarre-Union is shocked at the extent of the disaster. It boils down to two families, three people in all: a man of 61 years and a 87 year old mother living with her daughter 63 years. Formerly, ther e were more than 500. Many were deported. Those who survived have aged, died or gone to work in the big cities. The synagogue located at the end of the street of the Jews has been emptied of its chandeliers, rollers, curtains. It will be sold, as has already been the rabbi’s house.
Pelle. Germaine David, the lady of 87 years, arrived in Sarre-Union December 31, 1951, the day of her wedding. His daughter, Danielle, 63, opens the door to the huge store they once operated. Germaine is a little hard of hearing, she no longer goes out a lot, but for the Republican rally on January 11, she went in the Muslim community of the town, “among Turks” . The pastor was there too, with flowers. It happened that identity tags and neo-Nazis make the headlines in the local press. “In the corner, there was quite a few anti-Semites, but we never had to complain” , says Germaine. Three houses down is at Jacques Wolff, 61 years. The building of the great-grandfather-back-. Until last year, Jacques taught history in Sarre-Union, Pierre-Claude College, named for his grandfather, author, among other things, a story entitled He wanted to stay home. The imaginary history of the la st inhabitant of an Alsatian village, seeing happen Nazism, deportation, has buried himself with a small shovel child. Its skeleton and small shovel will be found much later, the construction of a playground. Jacques has always been “terrified” by the text. Today, he has a particular resonance. “It seems that even the dead are not safe, it would be buried out of sight of men to access a form of peace. It’s crazy, the desire to kill the stones to murder the graves. “
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