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General Category => World News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 12, 2019, 03:08:58 pm
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HORROR FROM HISTORY Chilling echoes of France’s Nazi past as ‘Juden’ graffiti is sprayed on Jewish bakery in Paris
Members of the Yellow Vests are in the spotlight for carrying out the attack in central Paris
By Peter Allen
11th February 2019, 1:08 pm
Updated: 11th February 2019, 5:44 pm
ANTI-Semitic graffiti sprayed on a bagel shop in Paris has recalled the darkest days of the Holocaust.
The word “Juden†– German for Jew – was sprayed in yellow paint on the window of a bagel shop in the city’s 4th arrondissement on Saturday night.
(https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/NINTCHDBPICT000468347400.jpg?w=960)
This is the historic area of the capital city where thousands of men, women and children were rounded up by collaborating French police and German soldiers during the Second World War.
Many had to wear yellow stars identifying their religion, and their businesses were ‘tagged’ with the word Jew, before they were taken to their deaths in concentration camps.
“An anti-Semitic tag in the middle of Paris,†said France’s Interior Minister, Christophe Castaner, as he reacted to the latest outrage.
He added: “One too many. Juden in yellow letters, as if the most tragic lessons of history no longer enlighten [our] consciences.
“Our answer: to do everything to make sure the perpetrator of this outrage is prosecuted. Our pledge – don’t let anything pass.â€
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8402409/france-nazi-past-juden-graffiti-jewish-bakery-paris/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8402409/france-nazi-past-juden-graffiti-jewish-bakery-paris/)
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Anti-Semitic acts hit France amid anti-government protests
https://www.apnews.com/3778f241925f4df8816f5827cac2d19a (https://www.apnews.com/3778f241925f4df8816f5827cac2d19a)
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Looks like most of the readers commenting on Sun's site know whats going on.
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Thanks for posting @mystery-ak
Scary times we live in. Santayana was right, which is very very scary.