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Vandals Douse Paris Holocaust Memorial, Synagogues and Restaurant in Green Paint

Paris authorities have ordered heightened security for Jewish sites ahead of Shavuot

A cyclist looks at Paris' Shoah Memorial defaced with green paint after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Paris' Shoah Memorial is defaced with green paint after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
A man looks at 'The Wall of the Righteous' which honours people who saved Jews during the Nazi occupation of France, after it was covered in green paint, in Paris, France, May 31, 2025. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor
A man looks at Paris' Shoah Memorial defaced with green paint after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. Saturday, May 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Overview

  • On the morning of May 30, a single individual in dark clothing was caught on CCTV spraying green paint across the Shoah Memorial, two synagogues and a Jewish restaurant in the Marais district
  • The Paris public prosecutor opened a probe into “damage committed on religious grounds” and Mayor Anne Hidalgo filed an official complaint over the desecration
  • Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the acts as “heinous” and noted that anti-Semitic offenses made up more than 60% of all faith-based crimes in France last year
  • The Israeli Embassy in Paris branded the vandalism a “coordinated antisemitic attack” and affirmed confidence in French authorities’ efforts to identify the perpetrator
  • The incidents follow a broader surge in anti-Semitic acts linked to the Israel-Gaza conflict, with France recording 1,570 such offenses in 2024, up from 436 in 2022