PEAC: The Testimony of a Shoah Survivor
Friday 9 January 2026
EVENT OVERVIEW:
Alban Perrin presents Les Cahiers d’Alter (Éditions du Seuil, 2025), a powerful testimony drawn from three notebooks written by Alter Fajnzylberg, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau and member of the Sonderkommando. At a time when the last living witnesses are disappearing, this talk revisits a crucial chapter of history to ensure that Alter Fajnzylberg’s story is not forgotten.
Through this rare account, Alban Perrin sheds light on life in Auschwitz-Birkenau and the fate of thousands of Jewish deportees, offering future generations an essential testimony of memory and transmission.
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- SPEAKER: Alban Perrin, historian affiliated with the Shoah Memorial, Paris
- DATE & TIME: Friday, 9 January 2026, 7:00 PM
- LOCATION: Amphi 3000 (Old Kindergarten)
- MODERATION: Ava Cherel Gross & Leopold Voog
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alban Perrin is a historian and specialist of the Shoah, a graduate of the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies and holder of a postgraduate degree in political science. He works at the Shoah Memorial in Paris and teaches comparative genocide studies.