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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
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Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
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Press Review
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Place des Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver
Prom. du Quai de Grenelle, 75015 Paris
RELIGIONS Judaism
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
Place des Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver is a public street located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France.
This square is located at the crossroads of the Quai de Grenelle, Quai Branly and Boulevard de Grenelle, near the former Vélodrome d'Hiver destroyed in 1959.
The square at Place-des-Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver, also known as the promenade du quai de Grenelle - square des Martyrs-Juifs, is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
This square is located at the crossroads of the Quai de Grenelle, Quai Branly and Boulevard de Grenelle, near the former Vélodrome d'Hiver destroyed in 1959.
The square at Place-des-Martyrs-Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver, also known as the promenade du quai de Grenelle - square des Martyrs-Juifs, is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
The Winter Velodrome raid, often referred to as the "Winter Vel'd'Hiv raid" is the largest mass arrest of Jews in France during the Second World War. Between 16 and 17 July 1942, more than thirteen thousand people, nearly a third of whom were children, were arrested in Paris and the suburbs to be deported: less than a hundred will return
The square was named in memory of the Winter Velodrome roundup on July 16 and 17, 1942.
This crossroads received its name by the municipal decree of June 20, 1986, Jacques Chirac being mayor of Paris.
The square was created in 1989 and the monument was inaugurated in 1994.
The square was named in memory of the Winter Velodrome roundup on July 16 and 17, 1942.
This crossroads received its name by the municipal decree of June 20, 1986, Jacques Chirac being mayor of Paris.
The square was created in 1989 and the monument was inaugurated in 1994.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
The site is open to everybody, is a square where visitors can go for a walk and see the monument that commemorates the children victims of the Second World War.
It is a historical site, but the history behind is deeply related to the hatred of the religion that is Judaism back in the 1940's.
It is a historical site, but the history behind is deeply related to the hatred of the religion that is Judaism back in the 1940's.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
This square has a memorial, inaugurated on July 17, 1994. It is by sculptor Walter Spitzer and architect Mario Azagury and represents innocent civilians: children, pregnant women, the elderly, symbolizing the victims of the roundup. The base of the statue is curved, reminiscent of the track of the Winter Velodrome1. Each year, a commemorative ceremony is held on the first Sunday after July 16.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
Direct visit or virtual visit, through Google Street you can go through the promenade and, among others, see the monument.
REFERENCE TO THE GUIDELINE
- History and Philosophy of Religions - Judaism
- Multidisciplinary Pedagogical Approaches to Teach History of Religions - Peer Learning in Teaching History of Religions
- Multidisciplinary Pedagogical Approaches to Teach History of Religions - Teaching Religions through Visual Arts (Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture)
- Role of Religions in Civilization - Religion Supporting the Creation of Art
- Role of Religions in Civilization - Religion and Politics
- Role of Religions in Civilization - Secularism
- Building Students’ Interreligious Competences in Communication and Adaptation in a Cross-Cultural Environment - Comparing Religious Differences, Prejudices and Stereotypes
- Building Students’ Interreligious Competences in Communication and Adaptation in a Cross-Cultural Environment - Religion as a Source of Exclusion and Conflict
MEDIA RESOURCES
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The monumentA monument that represents the beginning of horror, when the families rounded up are still reunited with the vel d'hiv, with the meagre effects they have been granted to maintain the illusion and that fatigue and anxiety gain. -
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The promenadeA part of the promenade where the monument is, and where thousands of people walk past every day.
VIDEOS
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France - The Winter Vel d'Hiv roundup, 72 years later
It is one of the darkest dates in the history of France: 72 years ago, about ten thousand Jews were arrested and locked up at the Vélodrome d'Hiver, in the heart of Paris.
On July 16 and 17, 1942, on the orders of the Nazis, the Vichy regime carried out the largest mass arrest of Jews in France during the Second World War. More than 13,000 people, including hundreds of children, are being arrested.
These men, women and children will be parked at the Vélodrome d'Hiver, in the heart of Paris, only a few metres from the Eiffel Tower, before being deported to the death camps. About a hundred of them survived.
Our journalists met Michel Muller, one of the last survivors of the Winter Vel d'Hiv raid.
LINKS
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La place des Martyrs Juifs du Vélodrome d'Hiver
A website made by a visitor detailing the surroundings of the site.
