Memorial France

Memorial France was founded on April 1, 2020 under the French law of association of 1901. The association centers its activities around the formation of historical knowledge about political repression in the USSR and former “Eastern Bloc” countries. Memorial France organizes conferences, exhibitions, seminars and presentations, supports the publication of research in the humanities and social sciences and the implementation of creative and cultural projects relating to the history of state terror.

Foundation date

1 April 2020

Board

Nicolas Werth, President
Anne Duruflé, Treasurer
Luba Jurgenson, Vice President
Juliette Cadiot, Vice President

Employees

François Deweer, Coordinator
Ekaterina Zhdanova, Assistant

Contacts

website: https://memorial-france.org
email: [email protected]
social media: facebook, twitter, youtube

PROJECTS

Arseny Roginsky Conferences

Annual conference in memory of Arseny Roginsky (1946-2017), historian, political prisoner and one of the founders of Memorial.

EVENTS

conference
presentation

language

EN

FR

organizer

meeting

language

FR

RU

organizer

19 January 2025 15:00

Writing letters to political prisoners

Paris

meeting

language

FR

RU

organizer

27 November 2024 17:00

Writing letters to political prisoners

Paris

meeting

language

FR

RU

organizer

23 August 2024 17:00

Writing letters to political prisoners

Paris

exhibition

language

FR

RU

1-30 June 2024 9:30

Oleg Orlov: human rights defender, artist, political prisoner

23, rue Greneta, Paris

MATERIALS

A businesswoman from Mariupol, Valeria Kaminska got out of the city and went to live in Lviv (West Ukraine). She was interviewed by Volodymyr Noskov and Denys Volokha.