This exhibition aims to report and illustrate the role of diplomats regarding the situation of the Jews from 1938 (year of the Évian conference and the Crystal Night) until the end of the Second World War. Thanks to the diplomatic documents that have been saved and to some testimonies that historians were able to collect, we discover a world of attentive and experienced observers, while the war is shaking Europe.
Based on photos, official texts, written and oral testimonies, the exhibition will review the state of knowledge concerning these questions: What did diplomats know? What were their sources? Who acted? How, why, in what context? Conversely, who did not understand, who did not act, and why? Is it out of ignorance, inability to understand the extent of the tragedy, indifference, willingness to collaborate?
The exhibition will focus on the relationship between what diplomats knew and what they and their governments could, did or chose not to do. Finally, it will invite visitors to reflect on the lessons that can be learned from this period, in particular on the difficult issue of interference or the creation of international bodies (UN).
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