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PolskiThe convoi 77 project :
Teaching the history of the Shoah in a different way
In collaboration with the European Union
-> Hundreds of biographies to be reconstitued and written
-> Thousands of high school students participating throughout Europe
Presentation of the european Project Convoi 77
Georges Mayer, president of Convoi 77 association, explains the project in this I24News’ video.
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News from our association and about projects
Cycling to the Auschwitz camp: the memorial adventure of a young man in search of meaning
At nearly 28 years old, Fabien Devilliers, a history enthusiast, set off on a major challenge: to cycle to the Auschwitz extermination camp from the Gurs camp in Béarn. Between
Convoy 77 and the students who were honored at the Council of Europe
On January 27 of this year, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, the Convoy 77 International Project was featured at the Council of Europe in
Switzerland: a street of the town Delémont renamed in honor of a deportee from convoy 77
In the town of Delémont, in Switzerland, a street has been renamed after Jeanne Haas-Ulmann, a Jewish woman who was deported in convoy 77, on July 31th, 1944. The inauguration
A class of 9th graders produces their “Convoy 77 project newspaper”
“Each person’s story becomes everyone’s story.” That’s the headline on the front page of the April 2021 edition of the “Convoy 77 project newspaper”, a digital journal produced by a
Although some gaps remain, the Holocaust is now a well-known subject among young people
How much do the younger generations in France know about the Holocaust? This question comes up regularly in opinion polls, which sometimes produce worrying results.
Convoi 77 at the International school of Casablanca, Morocco
On April 7th, 2021 Georges Mayer, president of Convoi 77, participated by video link from Israel in an event at the French high school Guy-de-Maupassant, formerly known as the International
European project Convoi 77
To teach Shoah and second world war history through individual fates
- International participation
In each of the 32 countries of birth of the deportees, high school students will search for traces of people who were born in and/or lived in the town or village where the students live today.
- Fieldwork
Alone or in a group, students will go to the town hall, consult the local archives, look for witnesses, photos, documents.
- Work procedure
Supervised by a teacher, the students will carry out a thorough investigation in order to find information, documents and testimonials about people who died or disappeared.
- Collaborative writing
The presentation of the information gathered for a biography will be a matter for discussion and cooperation between the students and their teacher.
- Teaching Tools
To help them in their work, high school students will receive specially developed teaching materials.
- Multimedia platform
The biographies written will be posted on the site and accessible to families, researchers and the general public. A forum will allow participants from different countries to share their experiences on the site.
- Student empowerment
Each group will determine its objectives, its method of work, and the division of tasks among its members.
- Results
High school students will be able to know and better understand the historical events that took place in their immediate environment, while allowing the memory of deportees of the convoy 77 to be forgotten.
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