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The wall of the Righteous, dedicated to the action of the women and men who saved Jews from France during the Second World War was soiled with green paint on the night from Friday to Saturday.

Three synagogues, (rue des Tournelles, rue Pavée, another in the twentieth district) and a traditional restaurant were targeted. What is the motivation and who are the perpetrators of these antisemitic acts of vandalism, the investigation is ongoing and no lead is neglected. We hope that they will be identified and condemned.

This act caused great emotion and we received messages of solidarity from all over France and the whole world. If the perpetrators of these acts think they can intimidate us, they are mistaken.

We will continue and expand our educational mission to teach the history of the Holocaust and genocides, to show the mechanisms of antisemitism in history, to oppose historical knowledge to ignorance and propaganda, at a time of great confusion.

We are here, standing and even more determined than ever. Thank you to everyone for your support.

Jacques Fredj,

director of the Shoah Memorial