Shoah Generations Forum 2020: 2nd workshop
January 16, 2021
While waiting for the Forum… Workshop no. 2: the “surviving” objects that are dear to us.
Because of the health situation, the 2nd Shoah Generations Forum has been postponed to November 2021.
In the meantime, the Mémorial de la Shoah is pleased to invite you to the 2nd workshop “WHILE WAITING FOR THE FORUM” on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 6 p.m. on Zoom.
The Forum’s first event, on November 24, was a success. More than 260 participants attended the presentation of objects that survived the Shoah and listened with emotion to the musical interludes by the group Josef Josef. The Forum’s organising committee is offering a second event on the theme: The “surviving” objects that are dear to us.
On the programme: the presentation of four new objects, witnesses to family histories, presented by several generations of the Shoah, including the 3rd and 4th generations.
Since it will be two days before Purim, we will be able to discover or rediscover an extract from the Megillah of Esther, “Meguile-Lider, the songs of Esther”, presented by the Centre Medem in April 2015, which will open the Zoom at 5.30 p.m. The music will focus on Purim songs, and we will follow live an expert pastry cook who will reveal the secret of the recipe for Haman’s ears.
Provisional programme
5.30 p.m.: waiting room opens with “Meguile-Lider, the songs of Esther”, presented by the Centre Medem in April 2015, recorded by Bernard Flam.
6 p.m.: welcome by Jacques Fredj
6.05 p.m.: presentation of the evening by Lior
6.10 p.m.: introduction by Nathalie Zajde, debriefing on Zoom no. 1: why are we so attached to our surviving objects?
6.20 p.m.: Paulette Bialaziak: the recipe for Haman’s ears. Paulette will be live on Zoom from the Medem kitchen.
6.30 p.m.: musical interlude: Shura Lipovsky, Purim songs (from Amsterdam on Zoom)
6.35 p.m.: Object no. 1: Viviane Dreyfus in conversation with Galith Touati: the returned painting
6.45 p.m.: Object no. 2: Galith Cohen (Netzer youth movement) with her mother, in conversation with Ilan Lew: the cross that saved her great-grandmother
6.55 p.m.: questions from the audience, hosted by Fabienne Amnson and Martine Morcel. 7.10 p.m.: back to Paulette’s kitchen
7.15 p.m.: Object no. 3: Régine Soquet in conversation with Andrée Katz: the little Torahs brought back from Dachau by her father, Henri Wolf, deported from France
7.25 p.m.: musical interlude: Shura Lipovsky, Purim songs (from Amsterdam on Zoom)
7.30 p.m.: Object no. 4: Armand Rafalovitch in conversation with Yoram Mouchenik: an aeroplane made at Gurs by his uncle Jacob Insel, who died on “the ghost train”, and the vase of his aunt, who died in deportation from Amsterdam.
7.40 p.m.: Object or story no. 5: a young person, to be confirmed
7.50 p.m.: questions from the audience, hosted by Fabienne Amnson and Martine Morcel
8 p.m.: back to Paulette’s kitchen, and close.
8.10 p.m.: Noam Bettam, a young French-Israeli singer, sings “Comme toi” and “Imloham”
The Shoah Generations Forum is a time of sharing and friendship, of listening and exchange. It brings together Shoah survivors, hidden children, Jewish fighters and all their descendants, associations dedicated to the memory of the victims and of the fighters, and the Righteous of France and their descendants. The Shoah Generations Forum brings all the generations together around shared interests, to help them look at the past, move towards the future, renew old friendships and make new ones, work on passing on, preserve the memory of the Shoah and continue the fight against antisemitism and oblivion.
Registration required at forumgenerations@memorialdelashoah.org to receive the Zoom link.
For information: forumgenerations@memorialdelashoah.org. Mémorial de la Shoah tel.: +33 1 42 77 44 72