September 19, 2018Announcement of the creation of a Museum and MemorialIn his speech at the annual ceremony for victims of terrorism, French President Emmanuel Macron announced his intention to create Museum and Memorial for Societies Facing Terrorism. |
March 2019 Henry Rousso, Chair of the Preliminary ProjectHenry Rousso was designated by the prime minister to lead the preliminary project for this institution, under the aegis of the Délégation interministérielle à l’aide aux victimes [inter-ministerial delegation for victim support]. Henry Rousso is a historian and researcher at the CNRS. He is known both in France and abroad for his groundbreaking work on collective memory and the Second World War, as well as for his ideas on the relationships between history, justice, and memory. His membership on numerous boards for museums and memorials is a major asset for this initiative. |
 March 11, 2020First national day for victims of terrorism“Remembering. Relentless remembering, together. Mass assassinations, suicide attacks: terrorists kill blindly in an attempt to erase every trace of deprived existences. Our nation will resist any plans for forgetting and erasure. We will say the names and we will remember the faces. Sandrine’s young smile, which the explosion on the RER B has forever frozen; Imad’s searing gaze from under his red beret—a symbol of his honorable service to France; the cheeks of the young Myriam, who will never be 9 years old because an Islamic terrorist waited for her outside of school. We will retrace their lives and tell their unique stories. There is André, the son of deportees who had survived a first round of blind hate 30 years earlier, who died on Rue des Rosiers on a bright August day. There is Kamal, who came from Afghanistan to live in France, where he started a family, built a business as a mechanic, and where he was killed, in front of his wife and three children on the cobblestones of Strasbourg. We will never forget the sound of these voices, the laughter, their accents. We will remember their talents, their hopes, their dreams. And we will celebrate these lives through testimonies, ceremonies, and the national medal of recognition for victims of terrorism which we created for all of these victims. We will not forget. And from generation to generation, we will remember those who have fallen.” Extract from President Emmanuel Macron’s speech during the first ceremony for victims of terrorism in Paris on March 11, 2020. |
February 1, 2021Creation of a Public Interest GroupA public interest group was created to bring the Museum and Memorial of Terrorism to fruition.
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 May 11, 2021Location chosenThe Museum and Memorial of Terrorism will be located in Suresnes, in the former offices of the INSHEA, the body that trains figures associated with providing assistance and accessibility in the realms of education, society, and professional life. The building was constructed in the 1930s and is classified as a historic monument. It is a symbol of resilience, both in its educational role (from its inception until the present day) and in its proximity to two major sites of collective memory: Mont Valérien and the American Cemetery of Suresnes. Learn more. |
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