Culture juive |
Le Centre culturel Jules Isaac à Clermont-Ferrand
Since 2013, the former synagogue of Clermont-Ferrand has become a place dedicated to the history of the Righteous among the Nations of Auvergne and more generally to the history of Judaism in Auvergne. It organizes exhibitions, offers educational workshops and hosts conferences, debates and inter-religious meetings.
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Mémoire | Film
Rêve au Tuschinski, un film de Jérôme Diamant-Berger
The Tuschinski Theater of Amsterdam was born from a foolish dream; the one of Abraham Icek Tuschinski who left his shtetl from Poland and settled in Rotterdam where he decided to built a cathedral-like cinema hall. But the Nazis will make Tuschinski’s dream turn into a nightmare.
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Choeurs en exil, un film de Nathalie Rossetti et Turi Finocchiaro
Aram and Virginia, an Armenian couple from the diaspora, transmit an ancestral tradition of chant which is in danger of disappearing to a troupe of European actors. They take the company on a trip to Anatolia where the Armenian civilization has been destroyed.
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Mémoire | En ligne
Si je reviens un jour. Les lettres retrouvées de Louise Pikovsky
In 2010, a collection of wartime letters and photographs was discovered in an old cupboard at a high school in Paris. Forgotten for years, the letters were written by a former pupil, Louise Pikovsky, to her beloved school teacher during World War Two.
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Aide aux survivants | A l'étranger
Lettonie : une couverture santé étendue pour les survivants de la Shoah
The Jewish community in Riga offers health coverage to Shoah survivors in Latvia. In a country where medical care can be very expensive, this insurance allows the poorest people to be properly covered.
Aide aux survivants | Israël
Des paniers de Pourim pour les survivants de la Shoah
On the occasion of Purim Day, 38 students from the volunteer program run by the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel prepared 100 food baskets. They delivered them personally to survivors of the Shoah.
Recherche | Colloque
La Shoah en Ukraine. Nouvelles perspectives sur les malheurs du XXe siècle
This symposium is organised by Pantheon-Assas University and Euroforum (European Forum for Ukraine). The papers will focus on understanding the facts of the German occupation (1941-1944)
Lutte contre l'antisémitisme | Projet pédagogique
Hors limites/Out of Limits : l'art comme outil de dialogue interculturel
The association Mémoires de l'avenir uses art as a universal toot to foster intercultural dialogue. Each year, its actions are oriented around a particular theme. In 2016-2017, the aim was to think about limits and the overcoming of these.
Mémoire | Film
Sauvés par des Justes - Christian Frey et Susanne Wittek
The German invasion in 1940 is the beginning of a struggle for life for the Jews in France. Still, 75% of them survive the holocaust. This documentary recounts the circumstances of their rescue – and the civil resistance of numerous “Silent Saviours” who made this possible.
Mémoire | Film
Les camps de l'horreur nazie, de François Pomès
Upon rising to power in Germany in 1933, Adolf Hitler set up concentration camps to imprison opponents to his regime. In less than ten years, these already lethal camps gave way to death camps, the scenes of inhumanity and genocide unparalleled in human history.