“It does not happen. We do not touch the dead. There is no excuse.” Evelyne is shocked. But also overwhelmed by the media frenzy that swept Sarre-Union, Alsatian town of 3,000 inhabitants. Here, everyone is convinced, if there had been no “context”, the desecration of the Jewish cemetery would not have taken this turn. The context, these are attacks against “Charlie Hebdo” and Hyper Kosher Supermarket Porte de Vincennes. Then repeat with the double attack Copenhagen
A former Alsatian discusses with his neighbor.
Spirits are overheated, everything is blown out of proportion “
<. p> “overheating” particularly concerned about the children of immigrants Sarre-Union. They are the son of Turkish workers, Tunisian and Algerian and they immediately felt suspected until a young Alsatian “very white” comes to denouncing
Sarre-Union. what is known about the perpetrators of the desecration
A group of young people 28 years testify anonymously Fear fallout Ending up a little more stigmatized when they do their best to integrate into the life of a small town…
“Then you’re going to ask something to the town hall and you noted that you speak ill of Alsace” says Mourad. *
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His friends urge him to tell the call received Sunday night. It boggles. Barely audible, he finally let go he was asked about the desecration, “We are all suspect more”
Two of his friends are deeply affected by the desecration of the same cemetery in 2001.:
It was 14 and was shipped directly to us. “
Even then, the facts were committed by young Alsatians” original. “Mehdi laments
We put all Muslims with the same brush, but I do not care what is happening in Syria I live here “
These kids feel rejected,… Victims of amalgams. They say they have more and more difficult to feel French. Mehdi is certain:
On TV, they did not say it was the French who were arrested. If it had been the Maghreb, they would have said. “
Ferhat, he agrees to give his real name. He will never forget that moment when, in 2001, a teacher had asked him questions, nothing to it, the only “typical” of the class:
Even then, it was a Muslim so we felt guilty Everyone thought it was aliens. . It can not be forgotten. It is not forgivable. And now it happened again. “
Mourad said to have done everything since he was a kid to integrate. Today he lives a real “disintegration”. He is desperate to see his “normal” life each day a little more challenging. He grew up here, he worked here he has good relations with its neighbors … “France welcomed our parents. We must make that.”
But he sees little good old sidewalk that changes when the cross: “It hurt but said nothing.” Then he moderates “In the minds of people, the bazaar, they mix everything.” It has a growing sense that prevents it from moving forward:
We are told all the time that we are not French. You end up believing “
He wants the Prime Minister Manuel Valls for asking Muslims to take responsibility.
But I have to take any responsibility J ‘just trying to make my life. “
But the desecration revived tensions. Compared to 2001, the famous “context” just complicate everything. “.? We always pushes us more What do we do now,” Mourad application is
” These kids feel persecuted “
Sarre-Unionaise approaches the small group:” You know us, we have no problem with you We love you good. “. The perfect illustration of about Murad. With the best of intentions, this “you” on one side and “us from the other” that endures
In front of the high school Georges Imbert where the school teenagers suspected desecration, Maeva and Lauriane, 15, confirms this malaise:
Immediately, here, people said it was the Turks. As soon as something happens, it’s always the ones who are suspected. This is not normal but people are stubborn. “
In the second round the last municipal in Sarre-Union, the National Front was 40, 62%. In this rural village, work missing businesses close We seek scapegoats the café de la Fontaine, the boss evokes the inhabitants
It is clear the confusion of Mehdi and his friends.. ‘closed if not racist. ”
These kids feel persecuted But that does not date from Sunday. they live it all year “
Her colleague agrees:.
Now we know that it is our children. It concerns us directly. That should make them think “
Now, Mehdi wants to see more”. Manuel Valls spoke of zero tolerance. Now that we know that are French, we’ll see. “He expects the implementation of the promised exemplary justice,” as if it had been a Muslim. “
Louis Morice
* Names have been changed
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