In an interview given to Radio J, Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, gives a personal and institutional testimony of first plan.
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Beyond the biographical narrative, Jacques Fredj recalls the genesis and singularity of the Shoah Memorial, direct heir to the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation founded underground in 1943. He insists on the double vocation of the institution: to offer a symbolic burial to those who have been deprived of it while constituting a rigorous research center capable of anchoring the memory of the genocide in national and European history.
The interview also addresses the crucial challenges of transmission at a time when the last direct witnesses are disappearing. Jacques Fredj emphasizes the need to transform emotion into a true political consciousness, history serving as a master standard for understanding our present. He talks in particular about the importance of collecting family archives to nourish collective memory, as well as the success of new projects such as the film
Finally, this exchange reaffirms the relevance of the fight against anti-Semitism and racism, recalling that only education can deconstruct the mechanisms of hatred.
