June 1st-3rd, 2010 - Grenoble - To conclude the work of the local commission investigating the theft of Jewish property during WWII, the city of Grenoble welcomes an international symposium devoted to "economic Aryanization" and spoliation of Jews in Nazi Europe. An exhibition is also presented at the Museum of the Resistance and Deportation. Download the program of the conference (pdf).
Yad Vashem works to preserve the memory of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust by collecting their names. Millions of victims remain unidentified. Yad Vashem urgently calls upon Jewish communities to recover their names through a worldwide Names Recovery Project. Continue...
The Union of Auschwitz Deportees - France presents a project entitled "Memory Tomorrow". For the first time, survivors testimonies have been filmed on the scene of their terrible ordeal, in Auschwitz-Birkenau. More than 200 sequences - a total of 8 hours of testimonies - are collected in a DVD-Rom which displays the different aspects of the camp, including a 3D representation. Continue...
February 3, 2010 - In his address to French Jewish representants, François Fillon mentionned Holocaust memory. He announced that France will participate in financing the preservation of Auschwitz-Birkenau site. A mission led by Simone Veil is created on this issue. The Prime Minister also praised the work of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah.