In December 2020, two months after the murder of Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher in a secondary school in Cognac (Gironde) was threatened by a parent and testified to the CNEWS television channel. The cause: a lesson on the Third Reich.
The events date back to December 2020. That is two months after the murder of Samuel Paty. Stéphane Didier, a history and geography teacher in a priority education zone, noticed the suspicious behaviour of one of his pupils.
During a homework assignment, the pupil refused to answer questions about the Third Reich. The teacher then demanded an explanation from the pupil. However, 48 hours later, the girl’s mother wanted to meet the teacher.
“She directly attacked me verbally and told me that I was a racist, Islamophobic teacher. She reminded me not to forget and above all to understand well what happened to Samuel Paty. It was very clear. The message was extremely clear,” Stéphane Didier recounted.
However, the teacher deplored the lack of support from the headmaster after this event: “He completely abandoned me in relation to what had happened. He absolutely did not support me. Above all, he did not draw any consequences.
He did not want to make a fuss about this story “, he explained.
(…) Since this incident, Stéphane Didier has not only left the school, but also the region. CNews