A thousand non-Jews and Jews protested last night in the provincial city of Rouen against anti-Semitic inscriptions in the past few days on synagogues and other public buildings. The demonstration was led by the city’s Chief Rabbi. The local Catholic Archbishop expressed sympathy. The Union of French Jews for the Resistance urged the French Government to take “immediate and energetic measures” against the spread of anti-Semitic propaganda and slander campaigns like those in Amiens, Orleans and now Rouen.
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