–Forty tombstones were overturned in the Jewish cemetery of Fontainebleau, south of Paris, The discovery was made Sunday. The cemetery, founded at the time of the French Second Empire, has about 120 graves and is still the only cemetery of the Fontainebleau community.
The attack on the cemetery is the first act of anti-Semitism in the Fontainebleau area, the community leader, Judge Louis Guthmann told the JTA, but he stressed, “This act carries the traces of a great hatred.” A letter has been written by the Representative Council of Jews of France (CRIF) to Interior Minister Michel Poniatovski, informing him of the incident, The Mayor of Fontainebleau offered the assistance of the town to put the cemetery back in order.
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