France

Learn about France’s efforts to advance education, remembrance, and research on the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma.

Joined the IHRA

1999

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

27 January

Anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup

16 July

See a list of France's delegation members

Ambassador Delphine Borione (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs) – Head of Delegation

Thomas Piana (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs) – Deputy Head of Delegation

Philippe Allouche (Foundation for the Remembrance of the Shoah) – Museums and Memorials Working Group

Bruno Boyer (Mémorial de la Shoah) – Museums and Memorials Working Group

Georges Mayer (Convoi 77) – Education Working Group

Gabrielle Rochmann (Foundation for the Remembrance of the Shoah) – Museums and Memorials Working Group

Claude Singer (Mémorial de la Shoah) – Education Working Group

Dominique Trimbur (Foundation for the Remembrance of the Shoah) – Academic Working Group

Christian Melka (Memorial Site of Les Milles Camp) – Education Working Group

Marco Gonzales (Yahad in Unum) – Academic Working Group

Michal Chojak (Yahad – in Unum) – Academic Working Group

Philippe Mosse (La Fondation du Camp des Milles) – Academic Working Group

Thomas Sélégny (Projet Aladin) – Education Working Group

Nicolas Sadoul (La Fondation du Camp des Milles) – Museums and Memorials Working Group

Alexandre Nugues-Bourchat (Fondation du camps des Mille) – Museums and Memorials Working Group

Lena Casiez – Museums and Memorials Working Group

France’s accession to the IHRA offered an opportunity to create a network of national Holocaust experts, ensuring more efficient sharing of information between institutions and wider dissemination of activities in the areas of Holocaust teaching, research and remembrance. These discussions have also laid the foundation for enhanced educational work and a closer partnership between the authorities and the various remembrance sites in France. This, in turn, has formalized ties through an international network which has been enriched over the years, thus preventing educational and memorial activities from becoming nothing more than rituals.

In January 2023, the French Government presented an action plan against antisemitism.

Recent news

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Teachers and the future of Holocaust education: hosting cross-border educational dialogues to counter Holocaust distortion

A conscientious education of the truth is one of the most effective ways of countering Holocaust distortion. Teachers are central to this effort.

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02 Dec 2021 Time to read: 1 min

Conference registration open for “Jasenovac Past and Present: History and Memory of Institutionalized Destruction”

Recent scholarship has allowed for international experts to approach a consensus on life and death in the Jasenovac camp complex, which will form the focus of an upcoming online conference, Jasenovac Past and Present: History and Memory of Institutionalized Destruction, to be held on 15–17 December 2021. 

Resources in French

Working Definitions & Charters
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La définition opérationnelle de l’antisémitisme

L’Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l’Holocauste (IHRA) rassemble des gouvernements et des experts dans le but de renforcer et de promouvoir l’éducation, le travail de mémoire et la recherche sur l’Holocauste et de mettre en œuvre les engagements de la déclaration de Stockholm de 2000.

Recommendations & Guidelines
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Recommandations pour l’enseignement et l’étude de l’Holocauste/la Shoah

Bénéficiant de l’expertise de délégués de plus de 30 pays membres, les Recommandations de l’IHRA pour l’enseignement et l’étude de la Shoah ont pour objectif de fournir aux responsables politiques, aux professionnels et aux enseignants une base qui les aide à.