Members of the Jewish community in this eastern French city have been targets of anti-Semites, the Movement Against Racism and Anti-Semitism reported this week. Police are investigating calls made to Jews by unidentified persons claiming to represent the so-called French section of the “Odessa International,” a group known to have organized the escape of former Nazis from Germany after the war.
Also this week, the facade of a shop owned by a Jewish businessman was daubed with the inscription, “Jew.” The city’s mayor, former Minister Robert Poujade, expressed anger and expressed hope police would soon put an end to such “despicable acts.”
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