A memorial stone marking the site of Strasbourg’s Old Synagogue, which was destroyed by the Nazis in the second world war, has been vandalised, the deputy mayor of the eastern French city said.

“A new incident of antisemitism in our town,” Alain Fontanel wrote on Twitter, posting a picture showing a large black marble slab that had been knocked off its plinth.

Une nvlle fois ds notre ville un acte antisémite 😡

La Synagogue #quaiKleber était incendiée par les nazis il y a près de 80 ans

La stèle qui évoque ce drame a été vandalisée cette nuit

Ns faisons tt notre possible avc les forces de police pr que les responsables soient arrêtés pic.twitter.com/QM9QMIhoWO — Alain Fontanel (@AlainFontanel) March 2, 2019

“Quai Kléber synagogue was burnt down by the Nazis nearly 80 years ago. The memorial stone which marked this tragedy was vandalised overnight.”

The town hall was working with the police to track down those responsible, he said.

The synagogue, which was the Jewish community’s main place of worship in the city, was ransacked by the Hitler Youth on 30 September 1940, then burnt to the ground.

“Sadly, history repeats itself,” Fontanel wrote on his Facebook page.