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10, avenue Percier<br />

75008 Paris<br />

Tel. +33 (0) 1 53 42 63 10<br />

Fax +33 (0) 1 53 42 63 11<br />

www.fondationshoah.org<br />

Foundation<br />

For the<br />

MeMory<br />

oF the <strong>Shoah</strong>


Foundation<br />

for the Memory<br />

of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

The Foundation for the Memory<br />

of the <strong>Shoah</strong> was created in 2000 as part<br />

of the recognition and compensation<br />

for the Holocaust in France.<br />

The initial endowment of 393 million<br />

euros came from the restitution by<br />

the government and certain financial<br />

institutions of dormant accounts from<br />

expropriated Jews living in France<br />

who were killed during the Holocaust.<br />

With the funds generated from this<br />

endowment, the Foundation subsidizes<br />

the <strong>Shoah</strong> Memorial in Paris; supports<br />

projects bearing on research and the<br />

history of the <strong>Shoah</strong>; provi<strong>de</strong>s assistance<br />

to survivors in need; and enc<strong>our</strong>ages<br />

the transmission of Jewish culture<br />

and heritage.<br />

The Foundation for the Memory<br />

of the <strong>Shoah</strong> upholds key principles:<br />

respect for historical truth; responsibility<br />

and solidarity with victims of anti-Semitic<br />

<strong>la</strong>ws; recognition of the values of<br />

Judaism; and accessibility for everyone.


An in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt<br />

and publicbenefit<br />

foundation<br />

Organization<br />

Honorary presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />

Simone Veil, former Minister,<br />

member of the Académie Française<br />

Presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />

David <strong>de</strong> Rothschild,<br />

Presi<strong>de</strong>nt of Rothschild & Cie Vice presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />

Serge K<strong>la</strong>rsfeld,<br />

Presi<strong>de</strong>nt of the Association<br />

of the Sons and Daughters of Jews<br />

Deported from France (FFDJF)<br />

Functioning<br />

The Foundation for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

relies on a permanent staff that works closely<br />

with those who have submitted project proposals.<br />

All the projects are assessed and reviewed by<br />

specific thematic committees. The Foundation<br />

fosters a re<strong>la</strong>tionship of dialogue, mutual trust,<br />

contractualization and evaluation with those<br />

responsible for the various projects.<br />

Further information:<br />

www.fondationshoah.org<br />

Board of Directors<br />

25 members divi<strong>de</strong>d into three groups<br />

Representatives from public authorities<br />

Representatives from French Jewish institutions<br />

Qualified personalities<br />

Committees<br />

Solidarity<br />

History of anti-Semitism and the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

Memory and Transmission<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> Education<br />

Jewish Culture<br />

Financial Committee<br />

Operations<br />

Funding <strong>de</strong>cisions are ma<strong>de</strong> according<br />

to a three-step process:<br />

Assessment of submitted projects<br />

Recommandation for funding after<br />

examination of projects by specific committees<br />

Decision by the Executive Board<br />

or the Board of Directors<br />

Principles of financial management<br />

Rigor and transparency<br />

Long-term maintenance of the endowment<br />

Careful and diversified asset-management<br />

Collegial governance


Solidarity<br />

olidarity and support for <strong>Shoah</strong> survivors<br />

S as they age is the primary field of activity<br />

of the Foundation. In France, the Foundation<br />

funds programs for health centers to help<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> survivors in need and set up <strong>de</strong>dicated<br />

services: care management and social support,<br />

homecare, Alzheimer’s and geriatric services,<br />

care in specialized facilities.<br />

The Foundation for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

also helps survivors in Israel and Eastern Europe,<br />

particu<strong>la</strong>rly those in the most critical situations,<br />

through programs carried out by humanitarian<br />

organizations.<br />

Examples of supported projects<br />

Case management and social support<br />

FSJU, Casip-Cojasor, OSE<br />

Homecare Adiam, Casim…<br />

Caretakers in retirement homes<br />

Casip-Cojasor, <strong>Fondation</strong> Rothschild<br />

Day center for <strong>Shoah</strong> survivors suffering<br />

from Alzheimer’s OSE, Casim<br />

Food aid programs in Israel<br />

Latet, Meir Panim…<br />

Emergency aid programs for Eastern European<br />

countries, in cooperation with the American<br />

Jewish Joint Distribution Committee


History of<br />

anti-Semitism<br />

and the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

T<br />

he Foundation funds research in anti-Semitic<br />

persecutions and the Holocaust in France<br />

and abroad, in history and in other disciplines such<br />

as literature, sociology, philosophy, art history,<br />

political science and <strong>la</strong>w. The research projects<br />

(theses, research trips, conferences, publications)<br />

cover a wi<strong>de</strong> range of issues—French, German,<br />

European and comparative studies. Research<br />

themes may be directly linked to the extermination<br />

of European Jews or <strong>de</strong>al with wi<strong>de</strong>r subjects,<br />

such as anti-Semitism, the memory of the<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong>, and links between the <strong>Shoah</strong> and other<br />

genoci<strong>de</strong>s.<br />

Examples of supported projects<br />

Program of doctoral and post-doctoral grants<br />

for researchers working on the <strong>Shoah</strong> and anti-Semitism<br />

Preservation of the archives of the<br />

Commissariat général aux questions juives<br />

In partnership with the Archives Nationales<br />

Trans<strong>la</strong>tion into French of historical<br />

reference documents<br />

Remembering Survival: Insi<strong>de</strong> a Nazi S<strong>la</strong>ve Labor Camp<br />

by Christopher R. Browning<br />

Nazi Germany and the Jews<br />

by Saul Friedlän<strong>de</strong>r<br />

Cartea Neagra: the B<strong>la</strong>ck Book<br />

on the Destruction of Jews in Romania<br />

by Matatias Carp


Memory<br />

and Transmission<br />

A<br />

key element of the mission set by the Foundation<br />

for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong> is to keep<br />

alive the memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong> and its implications.<br />

It therefore supports memorial activities (commemorations,<br />

p<strong>la</strong>ques, steles) and projects that transmit<br />

this memory, while it also brings to light littleknown<br />

historical aspects, through films, exhibitions,<br />

p<strong>la</strong>ys, and the collection of audiovisual archives.<br />

The Foundation also funds renovation projects<br />

for memorial sites in France.<br />

Examples of supported projects<br />

Creation of history and memory centers<br />

for the internment camps of Drancy,<br />

Les Milles and in the Loiret area.<br />

Creation of audiovisual archives<br />

Memories of the <strong>Shoah</strong>, INA<br />

Gypsy Memories, <strong>Mémoire</strong> magnétique productions<br />

DVD-Rom<br />

Memory Tomorrow, Union of Auschwitz Deportees<br />

Documentary films<br />

Belzec by Guil<strong>la</strong>ume Moscovitz<br />

Assassinat of a Milliner by Catherine Bernstein<br />

Einsatzgruppen: The Death Briga<strong>de</strong>s by Michael Prazan<br />

The Camps in France by Jorge Amat and Denis Peschanski<br />

After the Camps, Life by Virginie Linhart<br />

Auschwitz, First Testimonies by Emil Weiss


<strong>Shoah</strong><br />

Education<br />

he Foundation for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

T regu<strong>la</strong>rly supports initiatives <strong>la</strong>unched by<br />

the French Ministry of National Education and<br />

by teachers.<br />

The Foundation subsidizes, directly or via the<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> Memorial, many school and teacher trips<br />

to memorial sites. Assistance from the Foundation<br />

may also cover pedagogical res<strong>our</strong>ces as well as<br />

the organization of training sessions and seminars<br />

for teachers.<br />

Examples of supported projects<br />

Children’s books<br />

Trees Cry Too by Irène Cohen-Janca,<br />

illustrations by Maurizio Quarello<br />

I Read True Stories, on the Vel d’Hiv roundup,<br />

the liberation of the camps, the Righteous<br />

Educational DVDs<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> and the theater<br />

Funding for educational p<strong>la</strong>ys, <strong>de</strong>velopment<br />

of res<strong>our</strong>ce materials for teachers<br />

School trips to memorial sites<br />

for approximately 5,000 stu<strong>de</strong>nts<br />

and professors every year


Jewish Culture<br />

T<br />

he Foundation for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

promotes the transmission of the millenniaold<br />

Jewish culture, which the Nazis tried to annihi<strong>la</strong>te.<br />

The goal is to explore the diversity of<br />

the Jewish i<strong>de</strong>ntity and to transmit it, particu<strong>la</strong>rly<br />

to a younger generation. The Jewish Culture<br />

Committee stresses Jewish education, the fight<br />

against anti-Semitism and the trans<strong>la</strong>tion of key<br />

texts on Jewish heritage.<br />

Examples of supported projects<br />

Cultural events<br />

Exhibitions at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire<br />

du Judaïsme in Paris (Splendor of the Camondo,<br />

The Avant-Gar<strong>de</strong> and the Yiddish Book, 1914-1939)<br />

Anthologies<br />

Jewish Kingdoms, anthology of Yiddish<br />

literature edited by Rachel Ertel<br />

Anthology of Judaism, edited by Francine Cicurel<br />

Trans<strong>la</strong>tions<br />

Light of the Eternal by Hasdaï Crescas<br />

Pirké Avoth (Maxims from the Fathers),<br />

with notes by Marcus Leehman<br />

Hok le Israël<br />

Media watch<br />

Against anti-Semitism and Holocaust <strong>de</strong>nial<br />

The Rachel and Jacob<br />

Gordin Foundation for<br />

school buildings<br />

The Gordin Foundation<br />

brings together the<br />

main partners involved<br />

in financing Jewish<br />

school buildings.<br />

It is presi<strong>de</strong>d over<br />

by David <strong>de</strong> Rothschild<br />

and is housed by the<br />

Foundation for the<br />

Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong>,<br />

within the framework<br />

of a partnership with<br />

the FSJU and other<br />

foundations.


Projects<br />

<strong>la</strong>unched by<br />

the Foundation<br />

The Foundation for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

has, in certain cases, initiated projects.<br />

Examples of several Foundation projects<br />

National tribute to the Righteous of France<br />

Pantheon, January 2007: Ceremony and instal<strong>la</strong>tion<br />

of a p<strong>la</strong>que <strong>de</strong>dicated to the Righteous of France.<br />

Renovation of the Ju<strong>de</strong>nrampe<br />

The p<strong>la</strong>ce where convoys disembarked<br />

at Auschwitz-Birkenau between June 1942 and May 1944<br />

New French edition of the Album d’Auschwitz<br />

Reference document on the fate of Jews<br />

in Auschwitz-Birkenau<br />

A<strong>la</strong>ddin Project to counter Holocaust <strong>de</strong>nial<br />

Trans<strong>la</strong>tion of important books on the Holocaust<br />

into Arabic and Persian; and a multilingual website.<br />

Information panel on the Vel d’Hiv roundup<br />

At the Bir-Hakeim metro station,<br />

in partnership with the RATP<br />

Series of public conferences at the<br />

Collège <strong>de</strong> France<br />

With Philippe Burrin, Annette Wieviorka,<br />

Sylvie Lin<strong>de</strong>perg, Christopher R. Browning…<br />

“<strong>Mémoire</strong>s Vives” radio broadcast on RCJ<br />

A program about projects and topics linked to the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

and the transmission of the Jewish culture today.<br />

www.memoiresvives.net


“Testimonies<br />

of the <strong>Shoah</strong>”<br />

series<br />

T<br />

he “Testimonies of the <strong>Shoah</strong>” series, initiated<br />

by Serge K<strong>la</strong>rsfeld, gathers stories of<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> survivors that have never been published<br />

or are no longer avai<strong>la</strong>ble. These testimonies are<br />

reviewed by a reading committee consisting of<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> specialists and historians. Thanks to this<br />

series, published by Le Manuscrit, the Foundation<br />

is contributing to the collection and preservation<br />

of witness accounts.<br />

Selected testimonies published<br />

Testimonies from <strong>de</strong>portees<br />

I Was Sixteen Years Old at Pitchipoï,<br />

Denise Toros-Marter<br />

Thirst For Life Against the Death Factory,<br />

Régine Skorka-Jacubert<br />

I Was Twelve Years Old at Bergen-Belsen,<br />

Albert Bigielman<br />

Testimonies from hid<strong>de</strong>n children<br />

Two Square Meters, Fanny and David Sauleman<br />

Forbid<strong>de</strong>n Lives, Mireille Boccara<br />

Testimonies of prisoners in France<br />

J<strong>our</strong>nal of a prisoner, Benjamin Schatzman<br />

Escapee from Vel d’Hiv, Anna Traube<br />

Militant stories and historical books<br />

My Twenty Years With the OSE, Jenny Mas<strong>our</strong>-Ratner<br />

Six Months Un<strong>de</strong>r the Boot, Paul Ghez<br />

Complete catalogue avai<strong>la</strong>ble at<br />

www.fondationshoah.org


The <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

Memorial<br />

The Foundation for the Memory of the <strong>Shoah</strong><br />

provi<strong>de</strong>s financial support for the operation and<br />

<strong>de</strong>velopment of the <strong>Shoah</strong> Memorial in Paris, the<br />

leading archive and documentation center on the<br />

Holocaust in Europe.<br />

With funding from the Foundation,<br />

the <strong>Shoah</strong> Memorial has accomplished<br />

numerous projects:<br />

– Construction of the Wall of Names<br />

(listing the 76,000 names of Jewish<br />

<strong>de</strong>portees from France), and the Wall<br />

of the Righteous (listing the names<br />

of the 2,700 French people recognized<br />

as “Righteous Among the Nations”)<br />

– Renovation and expansion of the main building<br />

– Development of educational<br />

and training activities<br />

– Acquisition of archives<br />

– Creation of a permanent exhibition,<br />

organization of temporary exhibitions<br />

and a program of cultural activities<br />

– Development of activities<br />

all around France and abroad<br />

– Commitment to the creation of a history<br />

and memorial center at Drancy


Editorial director<br />

Philippe Allouche<br />

Editor<br />

Rachel Rimmer<br />

Art director<br />

les <strong>de</strong>signers anonymes<br />

Trans<strong>la</strong>tion<br />

Lisa Davidson<br />

Photographs<br />

Cover<br />

Tarlov, Po<strong>la</strong>nd, 1936, Weisfeld family<br />

© Max Wajsbrot personal archives<br />

Solidarity<br />

FSJF library in Marseille, 1940-1942<br />

© Fédération <strong>de</strong>s Sociétés<br />

Juives <strong>de</strong> France<br />

Memory<br />

Felix Nussbaum exhibition<br />

at the MAHJ, Jew at a Window, 1943,<br />

Felix-Nussbaum-Haus Osnabrück<br />

© ADAGP, Paris 2010<br />

History<br />

Bavaria, Germany, 1945,<br />

Death march after the evacuation<br />

of the Dachau camp<br />

© USHMM / CDJC<br />

Education<br />

School trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau<br />

© Collège André Malraux, Paron<br />

Jewish Culture<br />

Pentateuque, Germany, 1446<br />

© Séminaire Israélite <strong>de</strong> France<br />

Collection<br />

Authors of “testimonies”<br />

© personal archives, FMS<br />

Projets initiated by the Foundation<br />

Panel on the Vel d’Hiv roundup<br />

p<strong>la</strong>ced at the Bir Hakeim metro station<br />

© FMS, David Amar<br />

<strong>Shoah</strong> Memorial<br />

Entrance to the <strong>Shoah</strong> Mémorial<br />

© Vincent Pfrunner

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