18th Journées Manuel Azaña

• 9:00 am: the exhibition’s two curators, Ángeles Egido León and Jesús Cañete Ochoa, have agreed to present the main aspects of the exhibition, prior to its official opening. Simultaneous translation will be provided by interpreter Ester Habas.
• 11:00 am: Exhibition opening at the Chapelle de l’Ancien Collège

• 2:30 pm: The history of the cataclysms that shook the 20th century continues to arouse passions, whether it’s the Spanish War and its aftermath, Italian fascism or the Vichy regime’s collaboration in the Shoah.
• Instrumentalization and revisionism have found a wide audience both on social networks and among authors such as Pío Moa and Éric Zemmour.
• Three historians, whose research has focused on Spain, France and Italy, join forces to discuss these issues in a round-table discussion:

A text by Dominique Fernandez, inspired by the tragedy of the Retirada, directed by Alain Baggi.

Early February 1939: somewhere on the crests of the Pyrenees, a woman crosses the border, fleeing Fascist barbarism. From an old suitcase, just as exhausted as she is, she draws, among her memories, tragic and poignant destinies, the shreds of a lost life, but also the desire to build a new existence and the fierce will to continue the fight. Free admission, subject to availability