Several hundred people gathered on Thursday evening, November 9 in front of the Japy gymnasium, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, in memory of the victims of Kristallnacht, whose 85th birthday it was.
The call was launched by the association Mémorial 98 and the Network of Actions against Anti-Semitism and All Racisms, in a context of rising anti-Semitic acts in France since the bloody attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7.
Insoumise elected officials present
The CGT and LFI called for people to join the rally in front of the Japy gymnasium, where many Jews were herded during the Occupation before being sent to concentration camps. Many elected representatives of La France insoumise, such as Clémence Guetté, Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido, Clémentine Autain were present. La France Insoumise had been strongly criticized for being the only party not to call for the big march against anti-Semitism on Sunday, November 12.
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It is very important for me to find a time, a place, to express my solidarity and empathy with all those who are threatened or subjected to anti-Semitic acts. It's very important to make our voices heard," Seine-Saint-Denis MP Clémentine Autain told AFP. "It's unthinkable that the far right could have a voice in protests against anti-Semitism while we would be prevented from expressing this solidarity and empathy," she added.
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How can we think of marching alongside the far right, the spiritual sons of those who deported six million Jews, to denounce anti-Semitism? How to agree to march against anti-Semitism alongside Eric Zemmour, convicted of negationism?" said Sophie Binet, the general secretary of the CGT, who expressed the "solidarity" of the union organization "with the Jews of France".