Interviews

Published on

9th July 2026

updated on

9th July 2026

Nice : ten years later

Shanna’s Story

On July 14, 2016, Shanna was 15 years old. That evening, she was on the Promenade des Anglais with her grandparents, who had come—like thousands of Nice residents and tourists—to watch the July 14 fireworks display.

Ten years later, she has agreed to reflect on what she has been through since then and what commemorating the event means to her today.

Interview with Gérôme Truc

Gérôme Truc, a sociologist at the CNRS, focuses his research on the processes of memorialization of terrorist attacks in Western societies. In particular, he co-edited the book Les Mémoriaux du 13 novembre, which analyzes the forms of collective mourning that emerged after the 2015 attacks in Paris, from flowers laid on sidewalks to institutional memorials. As the tenth anniversary of the July 14, 2016, attack in Nice approaches, we asked him what this milestone means from the perspective of collective memory.

A Conversation with Lise Eilin Stene

A physician and researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) in Oslo, Lise Eilin Stene focuses her work on the psychosocial consequences of collective trauma (terrorist attacks, disasters, interpersonal violence) and on the care responses that societies provide in such situations.

Her longitudinal studies of survivors of the Utøya massacre, conducted over more than a decade, are now considered seminal in the field of international research on psychotrauma. She regularly collaborates with French research teams, particularly on the aftermath of the November 13 attacks, and takes a keen interest in the children and adolescents who were victims of the July 14, 2016, attack in Nice. She is also a member of the Scientific and Cultural Council of the Museum-Memorial of Terrorism.

As the tenth anniversary of that attack approaches—which left 86 dead and hundreds injured on the Promenade des Anglais—we met with her to shed light on what research tells us about the long road to recovery for both individuals and societies.

Read the interview - Nice, Ten Years Later: What Research Tells Us About Victims’ Recovery.

a conversation with Jean-Marie Fondacaro

Portrait noir et blanc de Jean-Marie Fondacaro

Jean-Marie Fondacaro, a sculptor from Nice, is the creator of L'Ange de la Baie, a piece of art installed in 2022 on the Promenade des Anglais as a tribute to the 86 victims of the July 14, 2016, attack in Nice.

For the Museum and Memorial of Terrorism, he reflects on the creative process behind this sculpture—from the urgency in the aftermath of the attack to its public installation—and on what it means for an artist to respond to a commission for a memorial and commemorative work.

Read the interview - L'Ange de la Baie, from the studio to the Street.