2010 ANNUAL REPORT 10, avenue Percier 75008 Paris Tél. : 01 53 42 63 10 Fax : 01 53 42 63 11 www.fondationshoah.org EDITORIAL he Foundation for major Jewish institutions the Memory of the over the years, to meet our Shoah, a unique community’s needs for institution given memory, solidarity, T the origin of its endowment transmission and eff orts and its status overlapping civil to fi ght anti-Semitism. society, government and Jewish institutions, is now Having been involved in the ten years old. This year’s creation of the Foundation report is intended to present for the Memory of the Shoah the principles that have from the beginning, I can guided our initiatives in the gauge all that it has achieved Foundation’s various spheres on both a human and of activity throughout the a fi nancial level. past decade. We can’t mention the more The report therefore than 2,000 projects supported includes a major section by the Foundation since its covering the Foundation’s creation. Yet I would like accomplishments under to thank all the project the presidency of Simone Veil, initiators we had the honor who immediately conferred of supporting, along with an eminent stature to our the experts and eminent institution and for whom we members of the committee aim to be worthy. who donated their time to us, We have, of course, included as well as the Foundation’s the Shoah Memorial, staff members for the crucial which would surely have work they have accomplished been developed without our over ten years to help Shoah participation, but probably survivors, keep alive the not as quickly nor as memory of those who were ambitiously. We are proud killed, pursue research of its success, even in the history of the Shoah though challenges remain, and strengthen Judaism starting with the upcoming for the future. inauguration of the Center of History and Memory in David de Rothschild, Drancy, on the symbolic President of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah French site where Jews were interned prior to deportation and death. We are happy to have been able to provide funds to 1 A responsibility to past, present and future generations en years after information to younger its creation, the generations; and, above all, Foundation for help survivors in need. the Memory of the We would be unable to T Shoah is a solid institution, achieve these tasks without with a well-defi ned role project initiators. and clear organization. We want to continue helping In terms of our role, it is them, in the same spirit a discreet one. We do not of dialogue and open want to take the place communication that we of institutions and project have maintained throughout initiators which have the Foundation’s entire demonstrated experience existence. We strive to and proven skills. In terms encourage a diversity of of organization, which I hope opinions, while working is effi cient, there is a healthy toward a consensus, based governance, based on a on our principles of collegial small staff —though I am cooperation and concern happy to say it expanded for public interest. in 2010 with the arrival of We have a duty to ensure Gabrielle Rochmann, that our activities are Deputy Director, and perpetuated for future Judith Cytrynowicz, Program generations. We are Associate for the Memory and committed to total Transmission Committee. transparency concerning They have already contributed all our procedures, while a great deal. remaining vigilant, so that we We are all aware of the never fall into a routine, importance of our mission, bureaucracy or complacency. and of our responsibility This will make the ten years to all the Jews assassinated ahead of us as rich and as signifi cant as the decade by the Nazis during World behind us has been. War II. It is incumbent upon us to perpetuate their memory Philippe Allouche, and transmit their culture; Executive Director of pursue research into all the the Foundation for the various aspects of the history Memory of the Shoah of the Shoah; transmit this 2 Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah The endowment for the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah came from the restitution by the government and certain fi nancial institu- tions of dormant accounts from expropriated Jews living in France. With the funds generated from this endowment, the Foundation subsidizes the Shoah Memorial in Paris; supports projects bearing on research and the history of the Shoah; provides assistance to survivors in need; and encourages the transmission of Jewish culture. 3 An independent and public-benefi t foundation Projects submitted to the The Financial Committee Foundation are evaluated by manages the endowment’s fi ve committees made up of investment strategy, provides volunteer volunteer experts: an opinion on the largest Solidarity, Memory and projects and oversees the proper Transmission, History of anti- use of its revenues. Semitism and the Shoah, Shoah Education, and Jewish Culture. Key fi gures Projects recommended by Since its creation, the Foundation the committees are submitted for the Memory of the Shoah has to the Foundation’s Executive fi nanced more than 2,000 projects. Board, then to the Board In 2010, more than €13.5 million of Directors. were allocated to 245 projects. Evolution in the number of projects handled by the Foundation Projects accepted Projects rejected or not followed up 267 218 245 150 95 80 2008: 417 2009: 313 2010: 325 4 Permanent support for the Shoah Memorial The Foundation covers Center of History and Memory more than 80 percent in Drancy, the major internment of the Shoah Memorial’s camp from which Jews were operating budget. In 2010, deported to Auschwitz. this funding represented more than €7 million. Key fi gures Additional funding went to other projects, including trips This year, the share of funding to Auschwitz for teachers for the Shoah Memorial represents and high school students. approximately 35 percent of the fi nancing granted by the Foundation The Foundation is also for the Memory of the Shoah committed to fi nancing the (excluding specifi c projects). construction of the future Evolution of funding granted by the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah (in euros ) Funding for the Shoah Memorial operating budget Funding for projects 13 817 535 7 738 917 9 191 849 7 183 020 13 518 371 7 211 620 64 % 36 % 56 % 44 % 65 % 35 % 2008: €21,556,452 2009: €16,374,869 2010: €20,729,991 5 Key fi gures for 2010 Budget for projects: €13.5 million Distribution of funds per committee Solidarity Shoah €4,104,833 Education €1,141,448 History of Jewish anti-Semitism 13 518 371 Culture* and the Shoah euros €2,945,700 €1,118,706 Memory and Others Transmission €1,435,400 €2,772,284 Distribution of projects per committee Solidarity Shoah 19 projects Education 60 projects History of Jewish anti-Semitism 245 Culture* and the Shoah projects 57 projects 52 projects Memory and Others Transmission 6 projects 51 projects *Including the FMS’s share in projects fi nanced by the Gordin Foundation 6 Solidarity with Shoah survivors, Funding for the History of dispensed through Jewish anti-Semitism and the Shoah institutions, receives the largest Committee also increased this share of the Foundation’s budget. year, to pursue and complete In two years, the FMS tripled the digitization of regional the budget earmarked for the archives, a major program run “emergency fund,” which it by the Shoah Memorial. fi nances in entirety. This fund, run by the United Jewish Social Fund, The activity of the Shoah provides for urgent and unplanned Education Committee remained expenses for survivors in need. stable, with funding for numerous trips to sites of memory and Funding for the Memory and innovative educational projects. Transmission Committee increased by 50 percent from Nearly the entire 2010 budget 2009 to 2010. In addition to for the Jewish Culture the signifi cant funds slated for Committee went toward Yad Vashem, notably to help fi nancing real-estate projects, gather the names of assassinated notably the inauguration of Jews from Hungary and Poland, the new premises of the Paris the year was marked by support Yiddish Center. In terms of school for the primary sites of memory in buildings, the Foundation, France, with preparations to open through the Gordin Foundation, the new CERCIL headquarters participated in the expansion in Orléans and additional support of the Maïmonide Rambam for the Camp des Milles Memorial. school in Boulogne and the The Foundation also provided renovation of the Beth Rivka funding for the preservation of school in Yerres. Birkenau, via the Auschwitz- Birkenau Foundation. Partnerships and social institutions acting on behalf of Shoah victims, and fostering pro- with major Jewish grams that make Judaism more acces- organizations sible through quality Jewish education. The agreement with the CRIF, renewed As part of its long-term projects, the in 2009, concerns the struggle against FMS supports the three major federa- anti-Semitism, and the promotion of ting institutions for French Judaism: activities about the memory of the the Unified Jewish Social Fund Shoah at the regional level. Finally, the (FSJU), the Representative Council of agreement concluded with the Consis- Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) toire concerns education, with the and the Consistoire. The agreement development of programs for young with the FSJU is two-fold: setting up people, and the modernization of rab- services of mutual interest for medical binical educational training. 7 Organization of the Foundation Honorary President François Bernard Members of