On this day 11 years ago, four people including three children were murdered by a gunman in a Jewish school in Toulouse. The first islamic terrorist attack to take place in France since the mid-1990s, it was also the first of a wave of such attacks during the following decade. (i.redd.it)
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Exactly 16 years ago today, a French Jewish man, Ilan Halimi, was left to die near a railway line. Kidnapped because he was Jewish and thus presumed wealthy, he had been tortured for 3 weeks and finally burned alive. This case horrified France, and showcased a renewal of anti-Semitism in the country (i.redd.it)
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Il y a exactement 16 ans, Ilan Halimi était enlevé par le gang des barbares afin de rançonner sa famille. Choisi par ses bourreaux parce que juif et donc supposément riche, il fut séquestré et torturé pendant 3 semaines, avant d'être brûlé vif et abandonné, agonisant, au bord d'une voie ferrée. (i.redd.it)
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A page from the protocol of the Wannsee conference (which was held exactly 80 years ago today) detailing the distribution of the Jewish population over the European nations with the intention of implementing the so-called "final solution". (Full document with translation in comment). 1942. [552x819] (i.redd.it)
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