Did Amélie Oudéa-Castéra cancel a ceremony honoring the victims of crimes against humanity? – Liberation

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Scheduled for this Thursday morning, a ceremony honoring the victims of the Shoah in the presence of students was postponed until February 2 due to a meeting organized by the minister. At the ministry, they plead a booking error and ignorance of an event planned for that day.

Publications relayed by teachers on the networks affirm that the Minister of National Education, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, “has just canceled the ceremony of tribute to the victims of crimes against humanity, which was to take place Thursday 25 at the Sorbonne. The reason? The minister would have organized a meeting of rectors in the room where the ceremony was to be held, although it had been planned for a long time.

The information circulates in the form of a screenshot of an email. It mentions a “ceremony prepared for 4 months, 300 guests, historians like Annette Wieviorka, the inspectors, witnesses including a 98-year-old survivor, the inspection, the Lafontaine choir… and the students who been prepared. Canceled therefore for this reason: “[Oudéa-Castéra] wants the large amphitheater to bring together the rectors, some of whom were also supposed to attend the ceremony and the seminar.

Amelie #OudeaCastera cancels a Remembrance ceremony planned for today at La Sorbonne. 300 guests including a Holocaust survivor, the director of the Shoah Memorial, high school students who have been preparing for it for 4 months.
Reason: she needs the large amphitheater to bring together the rectors. pic.twitter.com/0BaAbuoMGq

— Petit•e Prof (@Petit_Prof) January 25, 2024

According to one of the teachers who relayed this information, a fellow teacher received an email on Monday January 22 canceling this