Recherche | Colloque
Quantifying the Holocaust: Classifying, Counting, Modeling: What Contribution to Holocaust History?
The development and discussion of quantitative investigation and analysis techniques are impacting and revitalizing numerous fields within historical research. How does this affect studies on the Holocaust? This international colloquium, organized by Claire Zalc, a research director at CNRS, and supported by the European Research Council (ERC), offers an opportunity to reflect on the potentials and challenges associated with various forms of quantification in this specific domain.
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Mémoire | Exposition
Rwanda 1994. Traces of the Tutsi genocide - La Contemporaine, Nanterre
To mark the 30th commemoration of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, the RwandaMap international research network and LaContemporaine are presenting a traveling exhibition on the history and memory of the Tutsi genocide, based on the collections of La Contemporaine and enriched by public and private archives from Rwanda, France, Belgium and elsewhere. The exhibition consists of 25 panels presenting ten research themes and a set of 150 reproduced documents.
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Aide aux survivants | Rencontre
3rd Forum Generations of the Holocaust
In partnership with numerous associations, the Shoah Memorial is organizing a new intergenerational meeting on the theme "Acting and Transmitting." Meetings, workshops, conferences, dinners, performances, and visits will punctuate this moment of exchange and conviviality.
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Culture juive | Publication
Histoire juive de la France - Under the direction of Sylvie Anne Goldberg
This monumental work, spanning nearly 1,5000 pages, brings together contributions from 150 specilists from 6 different countries, under the direction of Sylvie Anne Goldberg. Intennded for a wide audience, il allows for a better understanding of the continuous contribution of Jews to the building of France, its values, society, and culture.
Mémoire | Publication
"When I grow up" - the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teens by Ken Krimstein
After discovering autobiographies of teenagers written in Yiddish on school notebooks in Lithuania between 1932 and 1939, the American illustrator Kim Krimstein turned them into a book published in 2021, now translated into French. It tells lives without embelishment, direct towards a future they would never have, as almost all of these teenagers disappeared in the Holocaust, along with their families, and the Yiddish culture with them.
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Mémoire | Exposition
Traveling exhibition #StolenMemory from the Arolsen archives
The Arelson Archives present a traveling exhibition about the last possessions of the victims of nazism, often former Prisoners of concentration camps, which they keep until they can return them to their families. In addition to memorial challenges, the exhibition aims to draw public attention so that the remaining 2,500 objects can be returned as soon as possible.
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Recherche | Colloque
International colloquium - "The Photography of Persecution. Pictures of the Holocaust" - The American University of Paris
This international conference, organized by the "George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights, and Conflict Prevention" at the American University of Paris (AUP), aims to study photographs depicting the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe from 1933 to 1945.
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Recherche | Publication
Rescue, Relief, and Resistance - Catherine Collomp
Rescue, Relief, and Resistance: The Jewish Labor Committee's Anti-Nazi Operations, 1934–1945 is the English translation of Catherine Collomp’s award-winning book on the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC). Formed in 1934 by the leaders of the Jewish Labor Movement, the JLC came to the forefront of American labor’s reaction to Nazism and antisemitism.
Recherche | Publication
The Last Ghetto. An Everyday History of Theresienstadt - Anna Hájková
Anna Hájková, a former fellow of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, has published in an American edition the results of her research on the social history of the Thersienstadt camp between 1941 and 1945.
Lutte contre l'antisémitisme | Projet pédagogique
AJMF - Lutter contre les préjugés, favoriser le respect et l'amitié
For 10 years, Amitié judéo-musulmane de France has been traveling around France to foster dialogue and dispel racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim stereotypes. The organization recruits and trains young people, who are tasked with the mission of convincing their counterparts in "sensitive" areas that Jews and Muslims have more in common than they think.