Seminar for members of the
Steering Committee for Educational Policy and Practice
of the Council of Europe
or their representatives
Monday 20 to Wednesday 22 April 2015
MEMORIAL DE LA SHOAH
PARIS
No. of participants:20 education experts
Languages:French-English (simultaneous translation)
Duration: 3 days
CoordinationBruno Boyer, International Relations Department, Shoah Memorial
Carole Reich, Advisor to the Council of Europe
Dates:20 - 22 April 2015
Moderator: Jean-Yves Potel, Memorial de la Shoah
Sunday 19 April 2015
A rrival in Paris
Accommodation :
Hotel Best Western Patio Saint Antoine (289 bis rue Saint Antoine, 75011 Paris)
DINNER at the hotel
Monday 20 April 2015
Nazi Germany and the Jews, from hatred to murder
8.45 amParticipants arrival at the Memorial
9 – 9.30 amOpening of the European Workshop by Bruno Boyer, Head of International Relations, Shoah Memorial, and Dr Carole Reich, Advisor to the Council of Europe for the “Holocaust Remembrance” programme
9.30 – 10 am“Tour de table” – Introduction of participants, national issues
10 – 11.15 am Guided visit of the Memorial de la Shoah
11.30 am – 1 pmThe roots of anti-Semitism in Europe
Georges Bensoussan, historian, Memorial de la Shoah
1 – 2.30 pmLunch at the restaurant
2.30 – 4 pm The Nazi “world view” - An introduction
Johann Chapoutot, historian, lecturer at the University of Grenoble II and member of the Institut universitaire de France
4 – 4.15 pmBreak
4.15 – 5.30 pmThe stages of the “final solution to the Jewish question”
Tal Bruttmann, historian, associate researcher at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en sciences sociales
DINNER (venue to be confirmed)
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Drancy and the deportation of French Jews
8.15 amBus leaves hotel
9 – 10.30 am Jewish life in France and Europe before the Shoah
Philippe Boukara, historian, learning coordinator at the Memorial de la Shoah
10.45 am – 1.15 pmVichy, the Jews and the Shoah
Tal Brutmann, historian
1.15 – 2.30 pmLunch break
2.30 – 4 pmVisit to the former internment camp in Drancy and the permanent exhibition
Anaig Lefebvre, Drancy Memorial
4.15 – 5.30 pm Testimony : Ginette Kolinka
5.30 pmBus returns to Paris
7 pmDinner
Wednesday 22 April 2015
Teaching and passing on the history of the Shoah
9 – 10.30 am Shoah, genocides and mass crimes
Yann Jurovicz, lawyer, University of Amiens
10.45 am – 12.15 pmTeaching about the Shoah and mass crimes in the French education system
Pascale Zachary, curriculum designer, teacher
12.15 – 1.45 pmLunch
1.45 – 3.15 pm Meeting the new challenges of teaching about the Shoah
Iannis Rodder, Memorial de la Shoah
3.30 – 5 pm Round table on education policies in Europe and the Shoah