Round table – The defeat of the Axis forces in Tunisia and the liberation: the consequences for the Jews of Tunisia – Sunday 10 December 2023

Name: Round table – The defeat of the Axis forces in Tunisia and the liberation: the consequences for the Jews of Tunisia – Sunday 10 December 2023
Start: 2023-12-10T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2023-12-10T14:30:00+01:00
Location: Alliance israélite universelle (AIU)

80 years ago, in May 1943, the defeat of the Axis forces in Tunisia and the liberation:

the consequences for the Jews of Tunisia

Sunday 10 December 2023, at 2:30 pm, at the town hall of the 9th arrondissement.

With the participation of:

Marie-Anne Guez: The commitment of the Jews of Tunisia in the ranks of the Free French Forces
Claude Nataf: The liberation of Tunisia and the repeal of the racial laws: a contrasted self-evidence
Martino Oppizzi: The defeat of the Axis forces in Tunisia and its consequences for the Italian Jews of Tunisia
Catherine Nicault: The schools of the Alliance Israélite Universelle in liberated Tunisia
Doriane Gomet: Tunis liberated, but in Paris the world boxing champion Young Perez was being arrested and deported

Free admission upon reservation, registration required

Below you will find the complete audio recording of this event in mp3 format (credits: Morris Azan)

SHJT speakers

Claude Nataf

Founding President

Biography

Top of his class at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (1967), postgraduate diploma (DEA) in twentieth-century history from the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, vice-president of the Commission française des archives juives, founding president of the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia, departmental delegate of the French national education system

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Martino Oppizzi

Board member

Biography

PhD in history, postdoctoral researcher at the Institut d’Histoire du Temps Présent (IHTP, UMR 8244), member of the Parimix team (Centre Roland Mousnier, UMR 8596), founding member of the ALARMER society. Since 2013 he has been working on the Italian Jewish community of Tunisia.

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