The convoi 77 project :

Teaching the history of the Shoah in a different way

529 published biographies out of 1306
39%
357 biographies under study in 166 projects under progress
45%
20 countries involved in the project out of 32
60%

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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European project Convoi 77

To teach Shoah and second world war history through individual fates

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  • 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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« The association Fils et Filles des Déportés Juifs de France enthusiastically supports the initiative of Georges Mayer and the association Convoy 77 he created. European project Convoy 77 is innovatory on a European scale and will bring positive results in terms of pedagogy, education and public spiritedness. I truly think the research and work the students are going to undertake with their teachers’ help will fascinate them, and inspire them in their European civic training. »
Serge Klarsfeld
Serge Klarsfeld
« I do believe that to listen to a witness is to become a witness in turn. Memory is there to protect us, but we must maintain it, nourish it. »
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
« Remembering the victims of the Holocaust is a historical obligation for every European. The lessons of the past must not be forgotten. "Never again" starts with remembrance, with passing to the next generation the stories behind the unthinkable numbers of murdered people. With less and less survivors able to tell their personal stories of the horrible crimes and their survival, it is our duty to keep the memory alive. When we give faces to the numbers, we prevent those that perished to disappear in oblivion. "Convoy 77" does just that. In a unique and very impressive way it opens our eyes to the fact that behind every victim, there is a story of a life to be told. »
Katharina von Schnurbein
Katharina von SchnurbeinCoordinator on combating Antisemitism - European Commission
« The EU welcomes the commitment by the Association Convoy 77 to teach the history of the Holocaust and the Second World War. Thanks to the active participation of European countries in this project, younger generations will learn that preserving the memory of the Shoah is fundamental to safeguarding European values of tolerance and openness. »
Emanuele Giaufret
Emanuele Giaufret Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the State of Israel
« The Shoah must not represent only millions of victims, but a victim, plus a victim, so that each of them can be restored to their civil status, their itinerary, their dignity; that they are removed from oblivion and anonymity so that, from objects of history, these names become subjects of history again. »
Serge Klarsfeld
Serge KlarsfeldMémoires p 671 Fayard 2015
« The sort of people who leave few traces … Often what I know about them amounts to no more than a simple address. And such topographical precision contrasts with what we shall never know about their life – this blank, this mute block of the unknown. »
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modianode Dora Bruder

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