Rhône: the Plaque in Homage to the Justes De Villeurbanne Ripped Off, Elected Officials Denounce a "Loose Gesture"

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The deterioration of the place of memory, on Monday, generated a wave of emotion in the political class of the department, and more particularly to the left.

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Three days after an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi was cut off in Epinay-sur-Seine, a new act of vandalism with anti-Semitic relents was reported in a park in Villeurbanne (Rhône). A plaque installed in tribute to 11 inhabitants of the city, Just among the nations, was removed from its base on the evening of Sunday, August 17, reports Le Monde. "The latter helped save Jews at the risk of their lives, after the Vichy regime had put a…

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The socialist mayor of Villeurbanne, Cédric Van Styvendael, denounced an "anti-Semitic act" and announced that the plaque would be resettled by the end of the week.

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"No anti-Semitic act should be minimized", the socialist mayor, Cédric Van Styvendael, responded, assuring that the plaque will be "reinstalled by the end of the week".

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While it was inaugurated only on 16 July 2024 in the square bearing the same name, the plaque in homage to the Just was torn off, said the mayor (PS) of Villeurbanne, Cédric Van Styvandael. An act condemned with "gravity" by the Council representative of the Jewish institutions of France (Crif) of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in a [...] The article Plaque d'hommage aux Justes torn from Villeurbanne: "an offence to history" is indignant the Crif appeared…

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Set up a few months ago, a plaque in tribute to the righteous, those who helped the Jews during the Second World War, was ripped off in Villeurbanne on the evening of August 17. See more