Back in images on the day of January 27, 2022, an international day dedicated to the memory of genocides and the prevention of crimes against humanity
On the occasion of January 27, the date on which the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was discovered 77 years ago, the commemoration ceremony was held this morning in the crypt of the Shoah Memorial in Paris.
This commemorative ceremony took place in the presence of Mr. Eric de Rotschild, president of the Shoah Memorial, Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, representatives of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, Mr. Stéphane Vrevin, Paris Academy – academic delegate for memory, history and citizenship, Ms. Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, Mr. Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister and Mrs. Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Deputy Director in charge of education.
Joined in this ceremony the Ambassadors of memory and the final year class of Mrs. Anne Anglès from Victor Duruy high school, who also visited the Memorial and its permanent exhibition.
On the occasion of this commemorative day, the Shoah Memorial in Drancy also received Nathalie Elimas, Secretary of State for Priority Education.
She was accompanied by Mr. Patrick Lapouze, sub-prefect of the Raincy; Mrs. Aude Lagarde, mayor of Drancy; Mr. Haim Ammar, rabbi of Drancy; Mrs. Nathalie Kuehn, Daasen.
They were received by Mr. Olivier Lalieu, responsible for the memorial sites of the Shoah Memorial.
The Shoah Memorial also welcomed Valérie Pécresse who reverenced in the crypt and in front of the Wall of Names.
Accompanied by Eric de Rotschild, president of the Shoah Memorial, and Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, they then visited the documentation center where Valérie Pécresse was able to discover archives of the Memorial related to the status of the Jews, to the Vél d'Hiv roundup whose 80th anniversary is commemorated this year.
Valérie Pecresse ended her visit with the exhibition dedicated to homosexuals and lesbians in Nazi Europe and the Wall of the Righteous.
In the evening, a tribute will be paid in the auditorium to Marceline Loridan Loridan -Ivens. Three years after her disappearance, a book "C'était génial de vivre by Marceline Loridan-Ivens", fruit of her latest interviews with Isabelle Wekstein-Steg and David Teboul, and a short film "Après Marceline", directed by Antoine Ravon (France, 16 min, University of Paris, 2020), who was his assistant from 2017 to 2018, pays him a vibrant and warm tribute.
And on Sunday, January 30, the Shoah Memorial is showing the film "Ginette Kolinka: a French memory" directed by Natacha Giler on Ginette Kolinka, in her presence.
Shoah Memorial Credit/ Yonathan Kellerman
