This foundation was created in April 2018 by the descendants of Ernest and Claire Heilbronn, deported by convoy 69 on 7 March 1944, with their daughter Marcelle Chevalier, then murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The Ernest and Claire Heilbronn Foundation, under the aegis of the Shoah Memorial Foundation, recognized as a public utility, aims to reward those who, through their work and research, contribute to the history of Jews in France, education against racism and anti-Semitism, and the history of World War II in France.
Shoah Memorial – Heilbronn Prize 2026 © Laurent_Bagnis
The jury and the founding members of the Ernest and Claire Heilbronn Foundation unanimously awarded the following prizes which will be presented:
To Mr. Edgar Brossollet for his thesis: "Henry Castro, Bonapartist Israelite, transatlantic entrepreneur, French baron of Texas (1786-1865)" at the Sorbonne University, under the direction of Cyril Grange, research director at the CNRS.
To Professors Bruno Mandaroux, history-geography teacher and Mathieu Testa, research professor at the Lycée Louis Vincent de Metz, for the 2025-2026 project: "Irène and Michel, two Messin children victims of the Shoah."
Realization of the biography and an exhibition by a first class and a second class on two Messin children deported by convoy 77 of July 31, 1944: Irène Hendler born December 3, 1937 and Michel Westreich born February 24, 1940.
To Mr. Alexandre Doulut for: "The deportation of the Jews from France – change of scale," CNRS Editions, 2025
