Daniel will discuss the historical context of the project, providing an overview of the actions and attitudes of the French during World War II and their collaboration with the Nazi regime. He will then discuss the French post-war reckoning with that conduct which precipitated the creation of monuments and memorials, including those that provide the basis of the project.
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DANIEL TURBOW - Daniel Turbow is a retired New York City Family Court Judge and an attorney who resides in Brooklyn, New York and Marseille, France. A friend of Eleanor's for over 50 years, he has been following the development of the A la Mémoire project since its inception. It is of particular interest to him both because of his connection to France and because he is the son of Polish survivors of the Holocaust.