Bordeaux: Swastikas on the wall of a high school, a teacher targeted by the inscription

Swastikas, anti-Semitic inscriptions and a surname have been tagged on the parking lot and the wall of the Graves high school, in Gradignan. An investigation is opened.

The parking lot and wall of the Lyc&eacutee des Graves, in Gradignan, in Gironde, were the scene of anti-Semitic insults on Thursday, November 28. Swastikas and “Long live Hitler!” were written along with a family name, borne by a teacher and a student at the establishment, were discovered in the morning. A complaint was filed by the teacher and the establishment. The investigation was entrusted to the Bordeaux national police, who will have to determine who is the author of these degradations and if the teacher is indeed the person targeted by this anti-Semitic attack. Scientific samples were quickly taken.

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The academic management of the national education services of Gironde has set up a listening unit for students and staff of the establishment. In addition, the academic team values ​​of the Republic of Gironde (EAVR) is investing in a “longer time” and set up, Friday, November 29, a “support” of the establishment on “the issues of anti-Semitism and racism that must be addressed so that students can measure their seriousness”, explains Jérôme Paillette, deputy academic director of national education services (Dasen) in Gironde, at our colleagues from Le Figaro.

Classroom sessions to discuss the incident again

Since October 7, 2023, anti-Semitic attacks have multiplied. According to a territorial intelligence note, anti-Semitic attacks, insults and threats have increased tenfold in one year. The high school's teaching staff will therefore be assisted by the EAVR in order to discuss this incident again in class with the students. For her part, the teacher will be able to benefit from functional protection, granted to public officials when they are attacked in the course of their duties.

Several intrusions had taken place in this high school, until now without incident, in recent weeks. An investigation into these facts is also underway, but the two cases are not linked, according to initial investigations.