The university reported that around 100 students and six lecturers were exposed to “explicitly racist remarks and Nazi apologia” during the course.
Sorbonne University in Paris has referred the case to prosecutors after antisemitic and other hateful messages appeared on screen during a health faculty lecture.
During an interactive session on specialist general medicine, students used the Wooclap teaching tool to display hate messages on the lecture hall screen, including the words “Hitler,” “Jews,” and a Nazi swastika symbol.
“Apart from the apology for Nazism, which they will say is humour, there is something for everyone: Jews, blacks, Muslims, Kurds, women,” wrote trade union activist Manès Nadel on X.
The university said around 100 students and six lecturers were exposed to “explicitly racist remarks and Nazi apologia” during the course.
The lecture was suspended and the theatre evacuated. Support has been provided to affected teachers and teaching staff, while the general medicine department has established a psychological unit for students who need it. The school’s secularism, anti-racism and antisemitism officer has also been contacted.
“The school reiterates its unwavering commitment to the fight against antisemitism, racism and all forms of discrimination,” the university said.
