Overview

• The message was engraved with a sharp object into the black marble plaque of the Les Rails de la mémoire monument near Lyon-Perrache station.
• The city removed the inscription quickly and scheduled full restoration of the damaged plaque for next week.
• Mayor Grégory Doucet condemned the defacement as an intolerable act and said those responsible will be sought and prosecuted.
• Association president Jean-Olivier Viout filed a complaint, and a city official described the targeting of a Shoah memorial as clearly antisemitic.
• Lyon Metropolis president Bruno Bernard denounced the act and urged protection of Holocaust memory, as Interior Ministry data list 646 antisemitic acts in the first half of 2025, down from 2024 but far above 2023.