Pierre-André Meyer
Michel Bréal, inventor of the marathon event at the Olympic Games
The presence of a “Bréal cup”, at the exhibition which opened at the Louvre for the Paris Olympic Games, reminds us that it was the eminent linguist Michel Bréal (1832-1915), professor at the Collège de France, member of the Institute, who suggested to Coubertin, in 1894, the idea of including a marathon event in the Olympic Games. An opportunity to discuss the career of Michel Bréal, his family environment and his alliances, which, just like his intellectual commitments, place him at the crossroads of French and German cultures.
Claude Schwartz
Isaïe Schwartz, music composer (Strasbourg 1833 - Saint Mandé 1902)
Isaïe Schwartz, descendant of Westhoffen peddlers, was a cantor in Strasbourg then a singing master in Mulhouse. Talented, he devoted the first half of his life to religious music and the transmission of the Judeo-Alsatian tradition. After the Prussian victory, he continued in Paris with the exiles whose faith, nostalgia and spirit of revenge he shared. He integrated perfectly and lived with his times, composing for the sacred and the profane with great freedom of expression, embracing the political struggles of his time and transmitting the quest for excellence to his children.
Philippe Christol
To start a Jewish genealogy in Poland
How to research a jewish genealogy in Poland? Despite the destruction of many documents, polish archives keep an extensive documentation on the jewish community, mentioned and prosperous since the Middle Ages. Through the use of specialized websites and contact with the Polish Archives, civil records can be found, as well as community censuses, records from the Jewish commune, Yizkor Books… allowing to build a satisfactory genealogical tree.
Adrien Aszerman
Searching for my ancestors from Poland (and Tunisia)
9 years of research, 3 centuries of history, and a dozen generations across several continents: Adrien Aszerman has traveled back in time in France, Poland, and Tunisia to uncover the history of his family and ancestors. A meticulous and time-consuming investigative work, involving searches through family archives, conducting individual interviews, using administrative records, and studying online databases.
Christophe Morhange
Jews and the righteous in 1943: a brief history of the Morhange and Fargeaud families from Limoges