News 2008
AMEJDAM: screening of the film “Le Réseau Marcel” in Nice
November 4, 2008
Since September, a new cultural centre has been welcoming the Jews of Nice. Located in the heart of the city, on Place Masséna, the Espace Jean Kling (named in tribute to a rabbi who left his mark on the Nice community) opened its doors with an exhibition on the rescue network of the Comité Amelot in Paris…
The AMEJDAM newsletter
October 18, 2008
The Association for the Memory of the Jewish Children Deported from the Alpes-Maritimes presents its newsletter no. 7 of October 18, 2008.
Contents:
Inauguration of the Place MOUSSA et ODETTE ABADI
Impressions, by Madeleine GERMAIN
Opening of the cultural centre in Nice
Book: “La Pierre qui Parle” (Marie Gatard)
November 11, 2008
Marie Gatard is a friend of Odette’s. A journalist and writer (read, among others, her magnificent autobiographical book “La guerre, mon père”, Mercure de France), she has published a book about anonymous resistance fighters, combatants whose ultimate weapon is secrecy, professionals of the shadows who fire the imagination and whom we think unreal: spies!
On the wall of the Ramatuelle Memorial, three hundred and twenty names speak of courage, self-sacrifice and patriotism. In her moving book, La Pierre qui Parle 1940–1945, Marie Gatard brings to life these women and men who gave their lives for their ideal of freedom.
Marie Gatard will sign her book on Saturday, September 15 from 2 p.m. at 30 boulevard des Invalides in Paris.
Inauguration of the Place Moussa et Odette Abadi
September 13, 2008
On Saturday, September 13, 2008, the Place Moussa et Odette Abadi was inaugurated in the 12th arrondissement.
Eleven years after Moussa’s death and nine years after Odette’s, their neighbourhood resounded with the echo of their names. Those who knew, and those discovering them, we were about two hundred people, with tears in our eyes, as we recalled this seemingly ordinary couple.
Pierrette DUPOYET recalls Odette Abadi
July 15, 2008
The actress Pierrette DUPOYET is performing at the 2008 Avignon Festival and portrays Odette Abadi in her play “L’orchestre en sursis”.
The play will be performed from September 26 to October 5 at the Théâtre de la Vieille Grille, 1 rue du Puits de l’Ermite, 75005 Paris.
Booking on 01 47 07 22 11.
The National Resistance and Deportation Competition
June 4, 2008
On June 4, 2008, the prize-giving ceremony of the National Resistance and Deportation Competition was held in the Grand Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne, organised by the Délégation Académique aux Arts et à la Culture (DAAC) in partnership with Resistance associations and the City of Paris. The aim of the competition is to keep alive among young French people the memory of the Deportation and the values of the Resistance. (Website of the Académie de Paris.)
An evening at the theatre
May 16, 2008
On May 16, 2008, a few of us shared an emotional evening. The young pupils of the drama course of the Collège and Lycée Morvan (the Compagnie Ombelle) showed us their work, of which we had had a glimpse during the week on Deportation in January 2008 at the town hall of the 9th arrondissement.
Conference “Family and Everyday Resistance”
February 21, 2008
For International Women’s Day, the association Mémoire et Espoirs de la Résistance organised a conference on “Resistance in the family and in everyday life”.
The week “Hidden children and deportation”
January 7 to 11, 2008
The unveiling of a plaque, speeches and a round table: the opening of this week at the town hall of the 9th arrondissement took place in the presence of several personalities and of children.
Two little-known Righteous
January 6, 2008
The private Collège and Lycée Morvan, involving deaf pupils, is organising a commemorative week in memory of its former school doctor, who saved Jewish children.
Tribute to Odette ABADI
January 8 to 12, 2008
HIDDEN CHILDREN AND DEPORTATION
From January 8 to 12, 2008 – 6 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris.
Avenir des Jeunes Sourds (ADJS)
Enfants et Amis Abadi, Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation, Commission Dora-Ellrich et Kommandos, in partnership with the town hall of the 9th arrondissement.