Memorial for shul torched by the Nazis is vandalised

A MONUMENT which marked the site of a synagogue torched by the Nazis was attacked by vandals last Saturday.

Authorities in Strasbourg said the memorial was found pushed off its base and damaged.

The memorial stood in tribute to a synagogue which was set on fire by the Hitler Youth in 1940.

Photographs published by regional newspaper Dernieres Nouvelles d’Alsace showed the damage to the stone.

Strasbourg mayor Roland Ries said the stone “must weigh 300 or 400kg… It wasn’t pushed off by a single individual.”

Writing on Facebook after visiting the memorial on Saturday, the mayor said: “I say once again: Enough!”

The incident comes following a spate of antisemitic acts in France. Last month, 80 Jewish gravestones were spray-painted with swastikas in a cemetery close to Strasbourg.