This primer, produced by the "Écrire le 13 novembre, écrire les terrorismes" team, analyzes the traces left by these attacks by exploring testimonies or chronicles, novels and stories, plays, poems, songs, comic strips, works of children's literature and theater for young audiences. Through its alphabetical entries, it invites every reader to apprehend the shock of these attacks and its echoes in the years that followed.
This book brings together chronicles of seven exceptional trials relating to the attacks of January 2015, November 13, Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Magnanville, Strasbourg, Trèbes-Carcassonne and Samuel Paty. The courtroom accounts provide insight into the profile of the perpetrators, the influence of their entourage, the challenges facing investigators and justice, and the visible and invisible impacts of terrorism on victims, their loved ones and society.
The 13-November Program is a transdisciplinary, transprofessional and longitudinal research program taking place over 12 years. Its objectives are to study the construction and evolution of memory after the attacks of November 13, 2015, and in particular the articulation between individual and collective memory; to better understand Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); to build a corpus of operational testimonies for heritage and scientific purposes; to improve the care of civilians and professional responders.Between 2015 and 2023, CREDOC conducted eight surveys on how the attacks were remembered by the public. This book draws on these studies to analyze the evolution of the memory of November 13 in France, among direct and indirect witnesses, and to trace the construction of a collective memory born with the event
This book written by four researchers offers an unprecedented investigation into the trial of the Paris and Saint-Denis attacks on November 13, 2015. From September 2021 to June 2022, the authors followed the hearing day by day. They deliver here the results of their investigation.
Two experts on jihadist terrorism analyze the evolution of this threat in France, from the Saint-Michel attacks in 1995 to the assassination of Professor Dominique Bernard in 2023, via the attacks of the 2010 decade. This book looks back at the many forms that jihadist terrorism has taken over the past thirty years. Through this book, they offer a unique perspective on a terrorism with multiple forms, the fruit of their long experience and expertise, and show how Justice has reacted to respond to it.
What were the echoes of the November 13, 2015 attacks on French society, especially for those who experienced them from afar? How has gender influenced the social memory of this event? Based on interviews from the 13-November Program, this book explores the different perceptions and experiences of these tragic events, depending on whether one is a man or a woman.
Sylvie Lindeperg is a historian of justice and images. In this book, she puts the trial of the November 13 attacks into perspective with other trials that have marked judicial history, such as the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials. She analyzes the framing of this trial, i.e. its preparation, scenography, audiovisual images and storytelling, thus offering an occasional reflection on justice and its unthinking.
Following the attacks of November 13, 2015, photographer Yves Samuel took studio photographs of the objects in the ephemeral memorials. A year later, to mark the first commemoration, these photographs were displayed on the walls of Paris in memory of the fallen. Prefaced by François Molins, this book exhibits this photographic series. .
Scientific articles
In an issue of the journal Questions de communication: Questions de communication 47/2025: Mémorialiser des attentats terroristes du XXIe siècle | Éditions de l'Université de Lorraine
Henry Rousso, "Du Musée-mémorial du terrorisme à Suresnes", Propos receuillis par Béatrice Fleury et Jacques Walter, Questions de communication, 2025, Vol. 47, pp. 107-116
Henry Rousso, president of the mission de préfiguration du Musée-mémorial du terrorisme, looks back at the key moments in this presidential project. He notes that he drew inspiration from the Shoah memorial project. He also discusses the many issues involved in this project, starting with the definition of terrorism, for him who has worked extensively on the history of the present day and the relationship between memory and history.
Corinne Martin,"Mémorialiser les attentats de Paris du 13 novembre 2015 : quel degré de concernement chez des journalistes?", Questions de communication, 2025, Vol. 47, pp. 35-60
After the attacks of November 13, 2015, the 13-November Program collected nearly 1,000 testimonies to study the link between trauma, personal memories and collective memory. The article examines these citizens' motivations for testifying and how their narratives fit into their personal journeys. In a subgroup of 80 interviews with unexposed volunteers, 19 interviews with journalists were zoomed in on, highlighting the tensions between their mission to inform and the strong emotions they felt, comparable to those of other citizens.
Séverine Dessajan, "Dire et redire le "choc" des attentats du 13 novembre 2015 à Paris", Questions de communication, 2025, Vol. 47, pp. 143-162
This study explores how a dozen residents of the 10ᵉ and 11ᵉ arrondissements of Paris experienced the shock of the November 13, 2015 attacks. Their stories reveal how their geographical proximity nurtured a sense of togetherness, influenced their relationship with the neighborhood and contributed to the construction of a geographically anchored collective memory, while reaffirming their identity. The testimonies come from the three surveys of the 13-November Program (2016, 2018, 2021).
Mathilde Sergent-Mirebault & Romane Gorce, "Filmer, collecter, archiver. Les procès "historiques" du terrorisme au cœur d'un processus mémoriel", Questions de communication, 2025, Vol. 7, pp. 163-186
This article explores how these trials (January and November 2015 in Paris and Île-de-France, July 2016 in Nice) described as historic can influence the construction of a collective memory of the attacks, but also the way in which individuals, by telling the story of their particular history, shape the way in which the law is lived and said.
The fruit of close collaboration between the museum team and the magazine's editorial team, this publication of almost 130 pages illustrates the editorial and scientific orientations of MMT. It explores the terrorist phenomenon through cross-disciplinary and rigorous approaches, giving the floor to several researchers recognized for their expertise on the subject.
The issue, accessible here also devotes several sections to the museum's work, with a detailed presentation of its collections in progress: judicial objects, donations from victims, heritage acquisitions, etc.
The summary of the special issue reflects the main lines of the future permanent exhibition: the historical analysis of terrorism, its media treatment, the reactions of societies and above all, the voice of the victims, at the heart of our mission.
