Mémorial du camp de Rivesaltes
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An illustrated presentation of the Rivesaltes camp memorial, created to honor those who were interned there. In 1998, Christian Bourquin refused to allow the demolition of the camp barracks and the idea of a memorial was born. The greatest difficulty concerned the many different peoples and religions who suffered there - who should the memorial honour? Jews, gypsies, Spaniards, French Algerians, homosexuals, Germans....? It was finally decided by a 'jury' led by French architect Rudy Ricciotti who was chosen to design the memorial/museum whose role will be to "account for the history of internment in France during the second world war, the camp from 1930 to present times, and the help and assistance given." Une présentation illustrée du Mémorial du camp de Rivesaltes, créé afin de rendre hommage à ceux qui y furent internés. L'internement à Rivesaltes n'a pas eu la même signification, selon les populations qui y furent regroupées : "regroupement et isolement pour les républicians espagnols de la Retirada, triage et déportation vers la mort pour les juifs et les tziganes, mesure de protection administrative et militaire pour les harkis et retrait de la condition de vie civile pour les sans-papiers ; on ne saurait parler ici de sort commun sans faire injure à ceux pour qui ce fut ici l'antichambre de la mort". (Jean-Paul Curnier).
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Jean-Paul Curnier
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