The mayors of two small towns in the Alsace and Lorraine regions of eastern France have filed police complaints following a wave of antisemitic and racist graffiti in their towns.
In Porcelette, in Moselle, a small town of 2,500 habitants situated near the German border, mayor, Eddie Muller said the graffiti had accumulated over many months and included swastikas and comments such as “Seig Heill” and “Long Live Hitler”.
Muller blames local youth for the acts and has proposed to organize inter-religious dialogue programmes in the town.
In Saint-Nabor, in Bas-Rhin, graffiti was also found, while Nazi symbols were also painted on the wars of a former brasserie in Strasbourg last week.
