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JEM Israel Conference with François Zimeray

12 September 2024 at 8.30pm at JEM Copernic This JEM evening of reflection welcomes the lawyer and human rights specialist and LCP journalist Myriam Encaoua as moderator. It is part of a series ...

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Presentation of the play “Diplomacy”

29 August 2024, 8pm at the Musée départemental de la Résistance et de la Déportation This play by Cyril Gély and directed by Giselle Grange, with Bernard Meyer and Alain Courmont, tells the story ...

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Testimony of Claude Bloch

24 June 2023 With the gradual disappearance of the last survivors of the Shoah, these testimonies are all the more precious. Even more so in this period of rising populism. Claude Bloch, now 94 ...

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Urban route in the footsteps of Jean Moulin

From 4 March to 17 June 2023 The tour will take place in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Lyon, in order to highlight the actions of this great Resistance fighter and to present the other ...

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Périgueux

FranceNouvelle-Aquitaine

The Jewish presence in Périgueux seems to date back at least to the 13th century, since Jews were expelled in 1302. This is evidenced by the Ancienne juiverie, known as rue Judaïque, located ...

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Peyrehorade

FranceNouvelle-Aquitaine

The town of Peyrehorade welcomed Marranos in the 16th century. Following the acquisition of land in 1628 from the Lords of Aspremont for a , these descendants of Portuguese merchants settled in a ...

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Limoges

FranceNouvelle-Aquitaine

The presence of Limoges Jews seems to date back at least to the 10th century, when persecutions are mentioned in texts from that period, including those of the author Adhémar de Chabannes. Among ...

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Bidache

FranceNouvelle-Aquitaine

The Jewish presence in Bidache seems to date from the 17th century with the arrival of Marranos from Spain and Portugal. They benefited from the protection of the Duke of Gramont. Although there ...

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Angoulême

FranceNouvelle-Aquitaine

The Jewish presence in Angoulême dates from at least the 13th century. A letter from the Pope in 1236 to the bishop of Angoulême attests to the violence suffered by the Jews during the Crusades. ...

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Vevey

SwitzerlandFrench-Speaking Switzerland

The Jewish community of Vevey was founded in 1904, thanks to the support of the former German consul Noelting. This man donated objects of worship and funds for the purchase of land, which in ...

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Lucerne

SwitzerlandGerman-Speaking Switzerland

The Jewish presence in Lucerne probably dates from the 13th century. During the Middle Ages, as in many other towns in the region, the situation of the Jews varied between welcome, persecution ...

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Fribourg

SwitzerlandFrench-Speaking Switzerland

The Jewish presence in Fribourg probably dates from the 13th century. Jews were present in the Fribourg region, whether in Murten, Châtel-Saint-Denis or Romont. During the Middle Ages, as in many ...

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Eastern Paris

FranceParis

The East was home to both the city’s underprivileged social classes, victims of gentrification in other districts, and refugees from the continental conflicts of the 20th century: ...

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Palermo

ItalySicily

The Jewish presence in Palermo dates back to Roman times. Documents found in the Genizah of Cairo attest to their presence in the Middle Ages. Some of them arrived as slaves during the period of ...

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Agrigento

ItalySicily

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 ...

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Ravenna

ItalyEmilia-Romagna

The Jewish presence in the town of Ravenna seems to date back to the 3rd century. Settling mainly at the end of the Middle Ages, the Jews practised the trades of wine merchants and goldsmiths. ...

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Fossoli

ItalyEmilia-Romagna

An was opened during the Second World War near the village of Fossoli. Established by the Italian army in 1942, it served as a prison for Allied soldiers, mainly British. Following the German ...

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Gorizia

ItalyFriuli Venezia Giulia

The city was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of World War I, but heavily permeated by neighboring Italian culture. While the Jewish presence probably dates from the 13th ...

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Tours

FranceCentre

The Jewish presence in the city of Tours dates from at least the 6th century. In the Middle Ages there was a rue de la Juiverie, as well as a Jewish cemetery. However, as in all cities of France, ...

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Lorraine American cemetery

Avenue de Fayetteville, 57500 Saint-Avold Tel : 03 87 92 07 32 https://www.abmc.gov/Lorraine#.WjEJFUojSUn

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Forbach

FranceLorraine

The Jewish presence in Forbach seems to date from the 17th century. Very few people were affected until the middle of the 18th century. An oratory was installed in 1733 and a small Jewish quarter ...

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Rennes

FranceBrittany

At the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine, Rennes was an important city in the Middle Ages. Today known for its large student population and as a very prosperous city appreciated by tourists ...