Rescuers' plaque vandalized before Paris Holocaust ceremony
French officials condemned the defacement of a monument honoring a family that hid a Jewish child from the 1942 mass wartime arrests.
A memorial plaque in Paris honoring the Richard family, recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for hiding a Jewish child during the 1942 Vél d'Hiv roundup, was vandalized ahead of the annual commemoration. French Deputy Defense Minister Alice Rufo condemned the act, stating the government "will not yield an inch" against antisemitism and that the plaque would be immediately restored. This incident occurs amid a significant increase in antisemitic acts across France. The Vél d'Hiv roundup, a collaboration between French police and German occupiers, led to the deportation of over 13,000 Jews to Nazi death camps.
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