Overview
- Mediapart recently published video from a 2023 Égalité & Réconciliation festival showing an individual altering Eddy Mitchell’s 1980 hit with new lyrics.
- Universal Music France said the substituted words were antisemitic and negationist, called them of “extreme gravity,” and demanded the video’s immediate removal.
- The altered lyrics referenced Auschwitz-Birkenau, with reporting describing a denial or trivialization of Nazi crimes.
- Minister delegate Aurore Bergé filed a report with the public prosecutor, stating the antisemitic character of the performance was beyond doubt.
- CRIF and government figures say the affair reflects a wider resurgence and banalisation of antisemitism in France, with any formal legal proceedings yet to be detailed.