Swastikas, anti-Semitic inscriptions and a surname were sprayed on the parking lot and the wall of the Graves high school in Gradignan. An investigation is open.
The parking lot and the wall of the Graves high school, in Gradignan, in Gironde, were the scene of anti-Semitic insults on Thursday, November 28. Swastikas and “Long live Hitler!” were registered with a last name, carried by a teacher as well as a student of the establishment, were discovered in the morning. A complaint was filed by the teacher as well as the establishment. The investigation was entrusted to the Bordeaux national police, who will have to determine who is the author of this damage and whether the professor is indeed the person targeted by this anti-Semitic attack. Scientific samples were quickly taken.
The academic management of the National Education Services of Gironde has set up a listening cell for the students and staff of the establishment. In addition, the academic values team of the Republic of Gironde (EAVR) is investing in a “longer time” and set up, Friday November 29, “support” for the establishment on “questions of “anti-Semitism and racism which must be addressed so that students can understand its seriousness”, explains Jérôme Paillette, assistant to the academic director of National Education Services (Dasen) in Gironde, to our colleagues at Figaro.
Classroom sessions to talk about the incident
Since October 7, 2023, anti-Semitic attacks have increased. According to a territorial intelligence note, anti-Semitic attacks, insults and threats have increased tenfold in one year. The high school teaching team will therefore be assisted by the EAVR in order to discuss this incident in class with the students. For her part, the professor will be able to benefit from the functional protection granted to public officials when they suffer an attack in the course of their duties.
Several intrusions had taken place in this high school, so far without incident, in recent weeks. An investigation into these facts is also underway, but the two cases are not linked, according to initial investigations.