“Primo Levi, the man, the witness, the writer” conference in Paris, April 11, 2012

Jointly organized by Mémorial de la Shoah and the Auschwitz Foundation for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Primo Levi.

This commemoration offers both a reflection on his work and a homage to someone who for many of us is still a major link in the chain of memory.

Coordinated and supervised by Philippe Mesnard, Professor at the University of Clermont-Ferrand Blaise Pascal, Director of the Auschwitz Foundation and author of the biography Primo Levi: Le passage d’un témoin (Fayard, 2012).              

The conference schedules speeches of  Fabio Levi, Guido Davico Bonino, Frediano Sessi, Philippe Mesnard, Daniella Amsallem, Carlo Ginzburg, Giovanni Tesio, Anny Dayan Rosenmann, Luba Jurgenson.

Wednesday, April 11
9.20 a.m. - 8.15 p.m.
Mémorial de la Shoah, Auditorium
17, rue Geoffroy l’Asnier
75004 - Paris

For more information, please visit the Auschwitz Foundation website

Program (French only)