Overview
- A gendarmerie patrol on Sunday discovered the Montigny-Lengrain stela toppled nearly to its base, with its commemorative plaque missing.
- A gendarmerie inquiry is underway under the Soissons public prosecutor, and no suspects or arrests have been announced.
- The prefect condemned the “odious” act, the interior minister vowed to identify those responsible, and the regional president called for exemplary sanctions.
- The monument was inaugurated in summer 2024 to honor deportees of convoy 7909, a July 1944 transport from Compiègne to Dachau that passed through Aisne.
- Coverage situates the case within a wider surge of antisemitic vandalism, citing 1,570 antisemitic acts recorded in France in 2024.