A look back in pictures on the 5th edition of the Shoah Memorial Book Fair
In the spring, the Memorial invited you to celebrate the book and welcomed authors, researchers, publishers, actors and actresses around recently published works that have marked us as so many favorites.
Over the course of a weekend, numerous events were scheduled in all areas of the Memorial: large open-air bookshop on the square, literary meetings, signatures, readings, guided family tour of the exhibition Spirou in the turmoil of the Shoah, book sale...
For this fifth edition, we have highlighted the editions Tallandier and our partner, the newspaper Télérama, to whom we have given carte blanche for two meetings.
Saturday, we organized a TikTok Live with the teams of TikTok France. @julescommecesar interviewed Joann Sfar, author of "children did not let themselves be pushed around", Editions Gallimard BD.
Judith Simony, editorial director of Editions Tallandier and at the origin of the publication of the "Correspondance d'Hélène Berr et Odile Neuburger" also participated in the TikTok Live. She also intervened during the carte blanche of the Tallandier editions.
Odelia Kammoun, the illustrator of the poster for the Book Fair, was there to sign the poster.
Mariette Job, editor of the Journal of her aunt Hélène Berr presents us her latest work "In the footsteps of Hélène Berr", published by Editions Le bord de l'eau.
Isabelle Carré read with emotion several texts by Edith Bruck, survivor, witness, free and rebellious woman.
Jerry Stahl, novelist and screenwriter for American television and cinema, presented his latest book «Nein Nein Nein! The depression, the torments of the soul and the Holocaust by coach», a memorial road trip published by Payot and Rivages editions.
Sonya Mellah was the master of ceremony at the Book Fair. Her voice punctuated the various events and guided the visitors present.
Laurent Joly, historian and author of "Cabu. The roundup of the Vel d'Hiv and the 'Cas Darquier de Pellepoix' participated in the meeting around the Tallandier editions.
François Heilbronn author of «Two summers 44» (editions Stock) and Ariane Bois, author of «This country that we call to live» (editions Plon), were side by side to meet their readers.
Michelle Perrot, a leading feminist historian, and Eduardo Castillo, co-authors of the book 'Le Temps des féminisme' (Grasset editions) met for a passionate exchange with Annette Wieviorka, author of 'Tombeaux' (editions du Seuil).
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