Republican meditation at the Memorial for Emmanuel Macron, Richard Ferrand and Gérard Larcher

In reaction to the multiplication of antisemitic acts in France these days, the Head of State Emmanuel Macron and the Presidents of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand and the Senate Gérard Larcher gathered on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 in the crypt of the Shoah Memorial, «a symbolic gesture» to «express their solidarity with the Jewish community of France» and «reaffirm their attachment to the values of the Republic». They then passed through the Wall of Names, on which are engraved the names of 76,000 Jews deported from France during the Holocaust, and were able to exchange with those responsible for the educational activities of the Memorial.

«The Republic is a bloc», Emmanuel Macron.

« There is a whole symbol. The President of the Republic has joined us, and this triptych of the Republic is first and foremost a sign of the Republic towards our Jewish compatriots", Gérard Larcher.

«We are together because we want to demonstrate national union in all its components: institutional and political», Richard Ferrand.

Mission of the Shoah Memorial:

65,000 school students received per year at the Paris and Drancy Memorial
15,000 school students participated in our workshops outside the walls organized by the Memorial teams in the province
5,000 teachers in training within and outside the walls per year
3000 police officers in training at the Memorial each year
30 memory trips for schools and teachers organized each year by the Memorial

The mission of the Memorial is to teach the history of the Holocaust: since the attacks, the Memorial goes further by setting up educational activities to fight against stereotypes and prejudices, conspiracy theories, the hate speech and propaganda as well as the teaching of other genocides such as that of the Tutsi in Rwanda, which we commemorate on the 25th^e This year. Our goal is to encourage students to decipher, to uncover the pitfalls of propaganda, namely to read between the lines. For the mission is not only to bring young people into the field of history, but also that of civic life, commitment and reflection on humanistic values.