A student in Paris has filed a complaint after another student at her school drew a swastika on a crêpe.
According to the complainant and a video that was filmed and then shared on Instagram, a crêpe was made by students in her circle, on which a swastika was drawn using chocolate spread.
A Jewish student filed a complaint for “antisemitic insult,” “incitement to hatred,” and “moral harassment” over incidents that allegedly took place on March 20 in Paris, BFMTV has learned.
The student attends a private higher education institution, Albert School, which is linked to the Paris School of Mines.
According to her, and to a video attached to the complaint, a crêpe was made by students around her, with a swastika drawn on it in chocolate spread. The scene was filmed and then posted on Instagram.
“A context of repeated antisemitic acts”
According to the complaint reviewed by BFMTV, “these acts were committed in a coordinated manner, involving several individuals, in a school setting, which gives them particular seriousness,” said the young woman’s lawyer, Vanessa Edberg.
But these actions were not isolated, the complaint adds. “They are part of a pattern of repeated antisemitic acts of which my client has been a victim,” said Edberg, the student’s lawyer. The student also alleges that her car tires were slashed several times, and says she was subjected to “hostile” and “stigmatizing” behavior from other students because of her religious identity.
Her lawyer also emphasized that the reported incidents took place within an annex of the prestigious Mines school.
“These acts have caused my client a deep sense of humiliation, an attack on her dignity, constant insecurity, and isolation, seriously affecting her living and studying conditions.”
