More than 100 graves have been covered with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, just hours after similar vandalism in a nearby village. Maurice Dahan, president of the Jewish consistory for the Bas-Rhin region, said 'it's a shock', adding that most of the graves were daubed with swastikas. The government's regional authority said it was investigating the damage to 107 graves at the cemetery in Westhoffen, around 15 miles west of Strasbourg. Pictured: French gendarme stand guard at the cemetery entrance on TuesdayAnd about 12 miles away it said anti-Jewish inscriptions were also found in the village of Schaffhouse-sur-Zorn. The town of Alast, in Belgium, was blasted for 'Nazi-style' anti-Semitism after this float depicting hurtful Jewish stereotypes took part in its annual carnival

Source: Daily Mail December 03, 2019 19:07 UTC