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PolskiConvoy 77 Project has signed a partnership agreement with the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
A Partnership agreement between Convoy 77 and the French Ministry of Higher Education
You are working on Convoy 77 project ? You can submit an application for the European call for projects from HISTOLAB
Convoy 77 projects can apply to the call for projects from HISTOLAB. How to apply ? Information for teachers. Deadline : the 15th of december 2023.
An original transdisciplinary project at Metz
The French Newspaper Le Républicain Lorrain related the story of a Convoy 77 project at Metz (eastern France).
Students from lycée Raymond Cortat of Aurillac awarded
Students from technical college Raymond Cortat, Aurillac, were awarded for their project. They wrote a biography of Serge Foder, deported by convoy 77.
A new european program to combat antisemitism
A new 2 years project has been launched to combat antisemitism in Europe through education on the 4th of April 2023.
A traveling exhibition in French schools
“Us and Them”, an exhibition of the Musée de l’Homme, is now available in a traveling format for French schools.
Is TikTok a relevant tool to transmit remembrance ?
TikTok is the favorite social network for very young people. Can it be a good tool to transmit Shoah’s remembrance ? Memorials and witnesses use it.
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 April 24 and the beginning of July 2022, he will cycle nearly 1900 miles in 80 stages through France,...
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 Strasbourg, during a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
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 of this new street name, which happened on October 28th, was made possible by the young students of Delémont's...
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 class of 9th grade students at the Michel-Richard Delalande junior high school in Athis-Mons, near Paris.
Yom HaShoah: a commemorative ceremony at the French embassy in Israel
On April, 8th 2021, for Yom HaShoah, a day dedicated in Israel to commemorations of the Jewish genocide during World War II, a ceremony took place at the French ambassador’s residence in Tel Aviv. Convoi 77 participated in this event attended by around 50 people. The representatives of 17...
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 School of Casablanca (EIC), in Morocco.
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.
European Parliament: Working Group Against Antisemitism invites Convoi 77 to join a webinar
On April, 21, Convoi 77 attended a webinar organised by the European Parliament's Working Group Against Antisemitism and the European Jewish Congress (CJE). This online conference was headed by Nicola Beer, vice president of the European Parliament, and Ariella Woitchik, in charge of European affairs at the CJE.
Each convoy should have its own association
An interview with Philippe Allouche, Director General of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah (Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah): · The Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah has been supporting the Convoy 77 project right from the start. What do you gain from it?...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Convoi 77 participates in a webinar in Austria
On January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Convoi 77 participated in a webinar organised by the “erinnern.at” Institute, part of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, dedicated to the contemporary teaching of the Shoah. After an introduction by the Austrian minister of Education Heinz Faßmann, Sciences-Po students Benjamin Wucher...
Convoi 77 reflects on a year of activity in Poland
On January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a meeting dedicated to the activities of Convoi 77 took place in Poland. This meeting was organised and hosted by Aleksandra Engler Malinowska, Convoi 77’s coordinator in Poland, in order to emphasize the work accomplished by Polish students and professors throughout the...
“Both France and the SNCF have a history of resistance and another, less pleasant past”
Alain Leray is the Memory and History advisor to the SNCF executive committee, which is a partner of the Convoy 77 project. He answered our questions about the role of this major French company during the Second World War and its involvement in the process of memory preservation. Interview....
Convoi 77 signs a convention with Warsaw Centre for Education and Social Innovations
Convoi 77 made official the beginning of a new collaboration in December with the Warsaw Centre for Education and Social Innovations and Trainings (WCIES). Collaboration with this institution dedicated to teachers will help the development of Convoi 77’s activities in Poland. From now on, the WCIES is helping promote...
