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| Jewish leaders slam circus on grounds of French WWII deportation camp
PARIS, Nov 20 (AFP) - Jewish leaders in France expressed outrage Thursday over the installation of a circus on the site of the Drancy detention center outside Paris, through which 67,000 Jews passed en route to Nazi death camps. "The survivors will not be able to tolerate this outrage," said Henry Bulawko, vice president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (CRIF). Adaptive intelligence for a serious advantage: business, investment and technology- BizVantage! The pitching of a circus tent at the site "seems inconceivable to those who remember the horrors of Nazi occupation," Bulawko added in a statement, calling on officials to ask the Zavatta circus company to switch locations. Between August 1941 and August 1944, 67,000 Jews were imprisoned at the Drancy detention center and subsequently sent to their deaths at Nazi concentration camps. The site has been classified as a historical monument. The circus, set up on Monday at Drancy, was expected to remain at the site until Sunday. dt/sst/rm France-WWII-Jews
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