On the occasion of 27 January, the date on which the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp was discovered 77 years ago, a 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, Mrs. Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, Mr. Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister and Mrs. Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Deputy Director in charge of education.
Associated with this ceremony were 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 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 gathered in the crypt and before 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 relating to the status of Jews, at the Vél d'Hiv roundup, whose 80th anniversary is commemorated this year.
Valérie Pecresse ended her visit with an exhibition dedicated to homosexuals and lesbians in Nazi Europe and the Wall of the Just.
In the evening,
And on Sunday, January 30, the Shoah Memorial is screening the film
