Annual Report 2012 editorial1 Our annual report is an important The exhibition European Sports under moment to explain and comment on our Nazism allowed us to lift the veil on a little consistently rich activities and 2012 is no known chapter of sports history and exception to this rule. In my opinion, this addressed the effects of racial politics on year will remain the one the most European athletes. The exhibition Children associated with the opening of the Drancy during the Holocaust helped explain Shoah Memorial, inaugurated by President the very basis of the genocide, perpetrated of the Republic, François Hollande. This is by the Nazis. The education of younger the result of a joint commitment of the generations has become a top priority Memorial, the Foundation for the Memory for the Memorial. This is demonstrated of the Shoah and the Association of Sons by the intensification of our activities and and Daughters of Jews Deported from our educational trips to the concentration France (FFDJF) to provide a place camp sites. Following the example of the of welcome and a source of information Île-de-France region, five other regions are in relation to the site of the former camp now partners of these trips to Auschwitz internment and transit of Jews from (Alsace, Pays-de-la-Loire, Rhône-Alpes, France. I would also like to pay tribute Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Normandy). to the work of Simone Veil, thanks to We have also developed our actions in whom this vital place will not be forgotten. terms of training, especially concerning Just as I would like to thank the mayor teachers who play a key role within of Drancy Jean-Christophe Lagarde, the education system. Finally, I would like who has been able to find a compromise to underline the important role of our to keep the memory of the Cité de la Documentation Centre, which helps Muette in the heart of a inhabited city. to write the history of the Holocaust and 2012 is also the memorial year we collects documents on a continuous basis. organized with the Ministry of Defence Both in France and abroad, the Memorial (DMPA and ONACVG) for the events that has found a prominent place within took place in 1942. All these moments of the defence of the memory of the meditation – including commemorations Holocaust and the education of youth, of the convoys' departures conducted in order to build a more open and tolerant with FFDJF – also aim to make society. In 2013, we will strive to continue the Memorial a place where we bring our efforts in this direction, thanks attention and affection to all survivors, to the strong commitment of our staff all victims, all combatants and their and volunteers, who work day after day respective families. In 2012, the Memorial in the Memorial and with the Memorial. maintained its essential action towards the general public. Several exhibitions Éric de Rothschild, have been very successful. President of the Shoah Memorial. Éric de Rothschild. © DR. the year 2012 in figures 3 • 205,860 visitors in 2012 • More than 160,000 pages of archives (200,249 visitors in 2011, an increase were acquired (1,841,260 in 2011). of about 3%). • 3,752 search requests • 1,801 groups were welcomed were treated by the Documentation (1,474 in 2011, a 22% increase) Centre: mainly regarding families. representing 43,000 people, among whom 78% were school groups (7% from • 18,673 new photographs primary schools, 40% from middle (15,531 in 2011) were acquired. schools and 31% from high schools). • 180 projects (works, exhibitions, movies) • 110 training programmes used the Memorial fund photographs. for 4,500 people (102 programmes in 2011, an increase of 8%). • 10% of additional documents have enhanced the library collection. • 3,100 people participated in the 29 trips organized in 2012 • 260 movies (283 in 2011) were acquired. (23 trips in 2011) • The reading room welcomed • 5 exhibitions were presented, 6,191 readers (6,444 in 2011). 4 of which were organized by the Shoah Memorial. • 411,342 visits were registered on the Memorial website • The Shoah Memorial temporary (348,899 in 2011, 18% of increase). exhibitions were welcomed in 74 different places (83 in 2011). • 6 annual remembrances and 44 exceptional ceremonies were organized • 120 events were organized in the context of the memory season in the auditorium (113 in 2011), “1942: from Rounds-up to Deportation”. Publication Director: welcoming 8,545 people (8,200 in 2011, Jacques Fredj an increase of 4%). Editor: Zoé Da Piedade • 2,271 visitors came to the Multimedia Translator: Gaïl Plichon Learning Centre (2,060 visitors in 2011). Graphics: les designers anonymes Cover: the Drancy Shoah Memorial inaugurated on 21 September 2012. © Christian Richters. opening of the Drancy Shoah Memorial 5 A presidential of Drancy and from the Deposit Office. 21 September continued with the public inauguration opening, in the presence of Jean-Paul Huchon, Chairman of the Regional Council On 21 September 2012, the President of Île-de-France, Stéphane Troussel, of the French Republic François Hollande, Chairman of the General Council opened the new Drancy Shoah Memorial of Seine-Saint-Denis, Jean-Christophe accompanied by George Pau-Langevin, Lagarde, mayor of Drancy, Serge Klarsfeld, Minister Delegate for Educational Success, President of the Association of the Sons Vincent Peillon, Minister of National and Daughters of Jews Deported from Education, Dominique Bertinotti, France, Vice-President of the Foundation “It is not a question Minister Delegate for the Family, attached for the Memory of the Shoah, Raphaël Esrail, of accusing any to the Minister of Social Affairs and President of the Union of the deportees more. The justice Health, Claude Bartolone, President of the of Auschwitz and Éric de Rothschild. was there. National Assembly, David de Rothschild, President of the Foundation for the Activities for all Sometimes it Memory of the Shoah, Éric de Rothschild, arrived too late. President of the Shoah Memorial The public can freely visit the permanent Neither is were present, along with numerous civil exhibition – led by Jacques Fredj, Director and religious personalities as well. of the Shoah Memorial – with the use it a question of The Drancy Shoah Memorial is well placed of audioguides; they can view about ten establishing the from a historical and educational point documentaries directed by Patrick Rotman; truth: we know it, of view, facing the Cité de la Muette: and discover the Maison des Enfants but we also know a common building from the 1930s, which (The Children's House), which was designed was used, during the Second World War, by the film director Delphine Gleize, the horror of it. as an internment and transit camp for dealing with the fate of the interned Today, it is Jews deported from France to the killing and deported children. The museography a question of centres in Poland. and the graphic design of the permanent exhibition were entrusted to the conveying Located on a surface area of 2,500 m2, Fluo agency; the signalling system and that knowledge. this new site offers a permanent the visual identity to the Bernard Baissait That is the spirit exhibition, several educational rooms, Company. During the opening period of this memorial.” a documentation centre and a lecture hall. of the Memorial, specific programming The Drancy Shoah Memorial was for the movies was organized. François Hollande, designed by the architect Roger Diener, President of French on the initiative of and with thanks to the Republic. Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah. Quote from It also benefited from the help of the City his inaugural speech. © Pierre-Emmanuel Weck. From left to right: George Pau-Langevin, Minister Delegate for Educational Success, Vincent Peillon, Minister of National Education, François Hollande, President of the French Republic, Jacques Fredj, Director of the Shoah Memorial, Claude Bartolone, President of National Assembly and Éric de Rothschild, President of the Shoah Memorial, during the inauguration. © Pierre-Emmanuel Weck. From left to right: Éric de Rothschild, President of the Shoah Memorial, Stéphane Troussel, President of the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council, Serge Klarsfeld, President of the Association of the Sons and Daughters of Jews Deported from France and Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Île-de-France Regional Council, during the public inauguration of the Drancy Shoah Memorial. © Mémorial de la Shoah. 8 In parallel, a free shuttle bus runs The Documentation every Sunday between the Shoah Memorial in Paris and the Drancy Shoah Centre Memorial, allowing the public to attend in particular the free guided tours. On the spot, the public can consult books, These 1h30 visits give the public a better digital reproductions of photos, movies picture of the history of the Drancy camp, and archives on the history of the Drancy such as the story of the people interned camp. The Documentation Centre fund from 1941 till 1944. was built up in particular from the Shoah Memorial collection in Paris and thanks to For schools individuals, collectors or during auctions. Numerous activities for schools are proposed: educational workshops, memory general and thematic tours. The shuttle running between the Shoah Memorial in Paris and the Drancy Shoah Memorial are free for high school students from the Île-de-France region, thanks to our partnership with the Île-de-France Regional Council. Right page: the wide plate glass windows of the Drancy Shoah Memorial maintain the dialogue with the Cité de la Muette, situated opposite. © Vincent Pfrunner. cultural program 11 Temporary exhibitions European Sport under Nazism, “Thanks to from the Olympic Games of Berlin this exhibition, The Shoah Memorial presented to the London Olympics (1936-1948) 5 temporary exhibitions.