Signing of a new agreement with the academy of Versailles
On February 12, 2019, Charline Avenel, rector of the Academy of Versailles met with Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, for the signing of a new partnership agreement between the Memorial and the academy which includes the training of students and teachers but also the training of executives, a novelty.
The meeting began with a guided tour of the Shoah Memorial by Jacques Fredj in the presence of many officials and teachers from the academy who had made the trip. The group passed through the forecourt and in front of the Wall of Names before joining the crypt and the Jewish file and finally the permanent exhibition. The new agreement was signed in the E. J. Safra auditorium of the Memorial, after listening to the speeches by Jacques Fredj and Charline Avenel, recalling the necessity of this partnership and joint actions at a time when the figures on the increase in antisemitic acts announced by the government are alarming.
Charline Avenel and Jacques Fredj in front of the Wall of Names
«By chance, we sign this agreement with the academy of Versailles on the same day as the Prime Minister delivers catastrophic figures on antisemitism in France. The teaching of the Holocaust must allow one to arm oneself against the resurgences of hatred." Jacques Fredj
Our educational community can be honored by the dignified fight that a certain number of citizens are waging to defend the values of the Republic. With the Memorial, we can count on this foundation without which there is no education." Charline Avenel
Guided tour of the Memorial by Jacques Fredj
