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Nazi reference as COVID pass protesters vandalise French WWII memorial
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A famous monument to the memory of French resistance fighters and combatants in World War II has been vandalised with graffiti spelling out “Anti Pass”.
The two letters ‘s’ from the word “Pass” were drawn to resemble the acronym SS, referring to Nazi Germany’s paramilitary force.
It is assumed to be a protest against France's COVID health pass, which prevents the unvaccinated from going to places like bars and restaurants.
French president Emmanel Macron called the desecration of Mont Valérien "an insult to the memory of our heroes and to the memory of the nation".
"To defile this sacred place of the Republic is to undermine what unites us. The perpetrators will be found and then judged," the president added in a tweet.
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