Biography
When in highschool, Camille Maindon took part to the Young Ambassadors program of the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris. During two years, she followed the Memorial activity, meeting with Shoah survivors or former members of the Résistance, and reading archives from the Memorial. Since then, and now as a Master student at Sciences Po Paris, she pursues her commitment by passing on knowledge on the history of Shoah to younger students (high school students mainly) and by promoting the value of tolerance.
Organisation
The Mémorial de la Shoah is one of the main institutions in the world dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust. It is a museum, documentation and education center and a place of remembrance. Its mission is to understand the past to illuminate the future, preserve and transmit the history and memory of the Holocaust and educate against antisemitism, hatred, racism and intolerance. The Memorial holds cultural (exhibitions, symposiums, etc.) and pedagogical activities. It trains 60000 students and 10000 teachers yearly, in France and abroad. The Memorial's documentation center is the largest in Europe on the Holocaust, holding over 40 million archives, photos, books, etc.