“Liar” was painted over the words “martyr” and “when the truth” on a wall at the Centere de la Mémoire, a memorial center in honor of those killed in World War II during World War II. in the village where the center is located, said Philippe Lacroix, the mayor of Oradour-sur-Glane.
The center’s president informed Lacroix about the incident on Friday, Lacroix told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
Police are looking for officers, Lacroix said, but it was clear to him that it was clearly “support for a denier.”
The village of Oradour-sur-Glane was the site of a massacre during World War II, when German troops destroyed the entire village on June 10, 1944, killing 642 people.
The Elysee issued a statement on the incident, saying French President Emmanuel Macron “condemns this indescribable act in the strongest possible terms. He gives his full support to the mayor and the municipality. He assures them that everything will be done so that the perpetrators of this act may be brought to justice. “
“I learned with anger and dismay the degradation of the Oradour-sur-Glane Memorial Center. To commemorate this place of refuge is also to commemorate the memory of our martyrs. Every effort is made to ensure that the perpetrators of these infamous acts brought to justice, ‘he said.
Vandalism is the latest anti-Semitic incident in the country, which has seen a rise in anti-Semitism in recent years.
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