Tag: plaques
Funeral plaques, statues… In Marseille, the Saint-Pierre cemetery is the target of repeated thefts
Stéphane Burgatt / Photo credit: STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP (Illustration) 11:54 a.m., January 20, 2024 For several months, the largest cemetery in the Marseille city has been faced with…
Trafficking in funeral plaques, an insult to the memory of soldiers who died for France
A funeral plaque illegally sold on the Internet. JEAN-PIERRE MENNESSIER During the confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Jean-Pierre Mennessier did like everyone else: he hung out for hours on…
Plaques heat up nerve cells
An estimated 44 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s dementia and there is currently no effective therapy. In the disease, beta-amyloid proteins build up in plaques, causing brain cells to die.…
In front of its European embassies, Russia receives a pair of plaques
War between Ukraine and Russiacase Several countries, especially European ones, have decided to change the names of streets and squares near their Russian embassies in support of the Ukrainian people.…
Street names: in Senegal, the colonial past takes its cliques and its plaques
Memory Article reserved for subscribers Arteries of large Senegalese cities bear the name of French personalities, a legacy of colonization. In Ziguinchor, in Casamance, some will be renamed to honor…
Sale of plaques to tattoo detainees in Auschwitz blocked by Israeli justice
In the catalog of the Tzolman auction house in Jerusalem, this tattoo lot is described as “a shocking and extremely rare museum object of unprecedented historical significance.” RONEN ZVULUN /…