Vandals Desecrate 90 Jewish Graves in East France Ahead of Marches

Vandals Desecrate 90 Jewish Graves in East France Ahead of Marches
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a white rose on a grave vandalised with swastikas during a visit at the Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim, France on Feb. 19, 2019. Frederick Florin/Pool via Reuters
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STRASBOURG, France—Vandals have daubed swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans on around 90 graves in a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, local officials said on Feb. 19, shortly before planned marches nationwide against a surge in anti-Semitic attacks.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the cemetery on Feb. 19 in the village of Quatzenheim, near the city of Strasbourg, following the overnight desecration, walking through a gate scarred with a swastika as he entered the graveyard.