Signing of an agreement between the Memorial and the Nantes Academy

signature d'une convention de partenariat entre le Mémorial de la Shoah et l'Académie de Nantes

William MAROIS and Jacques Fredj during the signing of the agreement

On Monday, September 19, 2016, Mr. William MAROIS, Rector of the Pays de la Loire Academic Region and the Nantes Academy, Chancellor of the Universities, and Jacques FREDJ, director of the Shoah Memorial, have signed a partnership agreement aimed at enabling many staff to participate in the national education system (teachers of history, geography, but also literature, arts education, school teachers, and educational officials) to be specifically trained in teaching about the Shoah and the genocides of the 20th century.

This 3-year partnership consolidates a joint work carried out over the past 10 years through the joint organization of study trips to Auschwitz for high school students (with financial support from the Pays de la Loire Region and the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah), academic internships and training trips to Auschwitz and Krakow for history teachers.

This partnership will aim to:

  • to promote the educational and cultural mission of the Nantes Academy by using the resources and skills of the Shoah Memorial
  • to promote the mission of the pedagogical service, training, development of places of remembrance and external projects of the Shoah Memorial, intended for school, university and teacher audiences
  • implement a program of specific activities for the Academy and provide assistance to school and university projects
  • to support actions aimed at school audiences
  • to encourage regular attendance at the Shoah Memorial and participation in initiatives taken on the territory of the academy.

Thus, the Memorial will make available to the Nantes Academy both human and material educational resources to participate in the implementation of projects: information and training for teachers, access to resources, creation of educational tools, traveling exhibitions, visits, study trips for teachers and students.