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Vandals Douse Paris Holocaust Memorial, Synagogues and Restaurant in Green Paint
- Paris officials have opened an inquiry following the defacement of multiple Jewish sites in the city with green paint in the early hours of May 31, 2025.
- The vandalism occurred overnight between Friday and Saturday amid heightened global tensions and ahead of the Jewish holiday Shavuot.
- The attacks targeted three synagogues, a Jewish restaurant in the historic Marais district, and the Shoah Memorial that honors rescuers of Jews during WWII.
- French media showed CCTV footage of a person dressed in black spraying paint, while an open paint can was found nearby, and no suspects have been arrested.
- Officials condemned the acts as religiously motivated vandalism, called for increased security, and Paris city workers planned to remove the paint and file a complaint.
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Paris synagogues and Holocaust memorial vandalized with green paint on Shabbat
(JTA) — Vandals covered three Jewish sites in Paris with green paint late Friday night, in an act that has unsettled French Jews. The paint covered walls of the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue and the Tournelles synagogue as well as the Shoah Memorial for French victims of the Holocaust. The three sites are located within several blocks of each other in Paris’ historic Jewish center. Covering sites with red paint has come to be understood as a prote…
Paris synagogues and Holocaust memorial vandalized with green paint on Shabbat - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Vandals covered three Jewish sites in Paris with green paint late Friday night, in an act that has unsettled French Jews. The paint covered walls of the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue and the Tournelles synagogue as well as the Shoah Memorial for French victims of the Holocaust. The three sites are located within several blocks of each other in Paris’ historic Jewish center. Covering sites with red paint has come to be understood as a protest again…
Jewish sites splattered with green paint over Shabbat
Surveillance footage from the Shoah Memorial captured an individual dressed in black spraying paint around 4:30 a.m. local time, and an open can of green paint was found near the restaurant. By Gila Isaacson, JFeed In a series of antisemitic attacks, several Jewish sites in Paris were defaced with green paint overnight from May 30 to May 31, 2025, prompting outrage and heightened security measures. The vandalism, which targeted the Shoah Memoria…
In Paris, two synagogues, a restaurant and part of the Holocaust memorial were stained with paint. Security measures in the Jewish districts of the French capital are to be strengthened.
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