Both the French president and prime minister are calling for justice after graffiti denying the Holocaust was found at a memorial center in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane this week.
"Liar" had been painted over the words"martyr" and"when the truth" on a wall at the Centere de la Mémoire, a memory center honoring those slain in the World War II massacre that took place in the village where the center is located, said Philippe Lacroix, the mayor of Oradour-sur-Glane. The president of the center informed Lacroix of the incident on Friday, Lacroix told CNN affiliate BFMTV.
He assures them that everything will be done so that the perpetrators of this act are brought to justice."The President also commented Saturday on Twitter, saying,"Nothing can make us forget the memory of our 642 martyrs of Oradour-sur-Glane." Prime Minister Jean Castex also spoke out on Twitter."I learned with anger and consternation of the degradation of the memory center of Oradour-sur-Glane. To sully this place of refuge is also to sully the memory of our martyrs.
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