It was a promise made by the mayor of Paris in 2018. This Tuesday, Anne Hidalgo inaugurated an alley Mireille Knoll, located on the central median of the boulevard de Ménilmontant in the 11th arrondissement, in homage to this woman of Jewish faith murdered at her home on March 23, 2018.
The anti-Semitic nature of the confirmed murder
Shoah survivor, Mireille Knoll, 85, was found in her home lifeless, stabbed with eleven stab wounds and partially charred. Two suspects were arrested shortly after the facts and are due to appear before the Paris Assize Court from October 26.
The anti-Semitic nature of the murder of the octogenarian was confirmed in November 2020 by the Paris Court of Appeal.