La Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation

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The Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Deportation ( Foundation for the Memory of the Deportation ) was founded on 17 October 1990 on the initiative of the then French Prime Minister Michel Rocard and the then Minister of Interior. The head office of the Foundation is Paris.

Structure

It acts as a support organization for a number of clubs and societies that deal with deportation and internment by Nazi and Vichy regime between 1940 and 1944 in France.

As a state institution, the decision-making authority lies at a 18 -member council, which is composed of inter alia representatives of the French interior, defense, educational, economic, cultural and Finance, and in a sense represents a state patronage. The patron is the respective French President. At the top of the Fondation Ms. Marie -José de Chombart Lauwe.

Tasks

The work of the Foundation and its attributable clubs and societies focused on supporting actions, associations and initiatives of former internees, their families and maintain knowledge of internment and deportation for future generations and to complete and expand. The organization refers in its program on several principles, that together constitute the basis for an existing now for over 10 years successful documentation and research.

  • Pérenniser ( perpetuate ): The memory of the deportation of countless people whose lives and to maintain.
  • Défendre ( defense ): to protect the honor and interests of former concentration camp prisoners.
  • S'opposer ( oppose ): Against the Violation of freedom, dignity and the rights of people who suffer from totalitarian systems to occur.
  • Campsites | ( help ): Activity for all maintenance documentation material to prevent a recurrence of Nazism.
  • Participer ( participate ): To contribute to the education of future generations, to equip them with respect and knowledge of the terrible historical events.
  • Approfondir ( deepen ): The international reputation of the organization, the knowledge of concentration camp imprisonment and resistance during the Second World War through the available information and documents of the Fondation deepen.
  • Continuer ( continue ): Continuing with the scientific work to learn more about the pathology of Nazism.

Through the mediation of knowledge and awareness training for broad sections of the population, the Fondation tries on the one hand the memory of internment and deportation maintained even to make but on the other hand a preventive Post to never let deportation and internment happen again.

Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service

The Fondation pour la Mémoire de la deportation is also a place of installation of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service.

Memorial

  • Mémorial de la Shoah
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