French politicians from across the political spectrum condemned Holocaust-denying graffiti written on a wall in the village of Oradour-Sur-Glane, where the Nazi massacre of many of its inhabitants took place during World War II.
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French President Emmanuel Macron promised that "all will be done" to locate the perpetrators behind the graffiti, which was discovered on Friday in the village that has been maintained as a memorial and museum since it was burned down by the German army in June 1944, and 642 of its civilian residents were murdered, The Associated Press reported.
According to a separate report in the local paper, Le Populaire du Centre, the town covered the graffiti with a tarp that included the word "lie."
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"Shame on those who did this. Everything will be done to find and judge the perpetrators of these sacrilegious acts," French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti tweeted on Saturday.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
