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17 November 2024 at 5.30pm at the Jewish Museum of Belgium This tribute to the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux from 1938 to 1940 is organised by “Les Justes de Belgique” and the “Aristides de Sousa Mendès Foundation – US”, in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Belgium and the Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique. It honours the courage of the consul who ...
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The construction of the Memorial of the Shoah in France began in 1953, by international subscription, on land made available by the City of Paris. The origins of the project can be traced back to Isaac Schneersohn’s initiative in 1943 to bring together 40 people involved in Jewish life in France, which was still occupied, in order to create a clandestine archive. The aim was to set up a ...
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About a hundred miles from Livorno, Bastia, like the port of the Italian city, has long been a major maritime port of call. The city is also known for its citadel and its Palace of Governors. During the First World War, Jewish migrants from Syria and Lebanon, then under the French mandate, settled here, numbering around a thousand people at the time, including long-standing Bastia Jews. In ...
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Nicknamed the “imperial city” because of the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ajaccio is the city of Corsica with the largest number of inhabitants. It is known for its numerous monuments paying homage to him, but also its churches and museums. Napoleon, who brought about the emancipation of Jews not only in France, but also in many parts of Europe during his conquests, particularly in Italy, ...
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Asco is a village located at an altitude of 600 meters, built in the 11th century, known in particular for its Genoese bridge, its church and its natural park. During the Shoah, an internment camp was set up in the town of Asco. This followed the requisition of a school building by the occupying Italian authorities in 1943. 86 Jews from Ajaccio and Bastia, men aged between 18 and 60, were ...
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The Isle of Beauty, the Island of the Righteous Some historians claim that the Jewish presence in Corsica dates back to Roman times, after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the forced expulsion of a large proportion of the inhabitants by the Roman occupiers. At the turn of the 9th century, Jews from Egypt settled in southern Corsica, near the village of Levie. Following the ...
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16 October 2024, at 2pm, at the Shoah Memorial This workshop offers an opportunity to discover the lives of several Righteous in Europe, whose heroism was often discreet and whose recognition was sometimes too discreet by local authorities. More often than not, the men and women who risked their lives in defiance of the Nazi regime and their local auxiliaries felt they had a duty of human ...
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A tomb found in the city of Agrigento attests to the Jewish presence since antiquity. Letters found in the Genizah of Cairo mention this presence in the 11th century. In the Middle Ages, Jews were subjected to church taxes and restricted in their practice. Fundraising was forced, especially to equip the King’s troops. Among the most prominent figures of the time was Faraj da Agrigento, ...
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