In the morning, Prime Minister Elisabeth Bourne attended the traditional ceremony, which took place on the site of the former “Velodrome d’Hiver”, particularly in the presence of Paris PS Mayor Anne Hidalgo. Don’t forget, never forget.”he began.
“80 years ago, France lost and did the irreparablesaid Mrs. Bourne, for whom.In these days of July, as in the gatherings that followed, France lost a little of its soul“.
“Courage is in recognizing and remembering this– he continued, adding that.The fight against anti-Semitism never stops“.
This afternoon, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, will open a new memorial in the company of the survivors at the old station of Pitiviers (Loire), one hundred kilometers south of Paris. Accompanied by several people, including Serge Klarsfeld, Jeanette Kolinka, a survivor of the camps, or even Jean-Pierre Farandoui, the executive director of the SNCF, Emmanuel Macron is waiting at 3 pm in the small station, which has not received any more passengers since the end. in the 1960s, and which has just been turned into a museum by the Shoah Memorial.
Source: Le Figaro
