Video Recordings — Jews of the Somme

On February 8, 2022, Madame Brigitte Fouré, Mayor of Amiens and Monsieur Alain Gest, President of Amiens Metropole conferred the Medal of the City of Amiens on David Rosenberg for his contributions to the memory of the Jews of the Somme. The ceremony, part in person and part virtual, was held in the Salle Jules Verne of the Amiens City Hall starting at 5 p.m. The City of Amiens made a recording of the event and authorized its publication on this site. Individuals shown have authorized use of their image. Speakers included in order of appearance : Sophie-Laure Zana, Isabelle Giraud-Jullien, Brigitte Fouré and David Rosenberg.

Remise de la Médaille de la Ville d'Amiens à David Rosenberg (video, langue francaise)

David Rosenberg received the Medal of the City of Amiens in a ceremony at the Amiens City Hall on February 8, 2022 (video, French)

In early 2021, the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh provided Dr. David Rosenberg with a prompt: select 5 photographs from your research on Amiens and talk about them. This six-part mini doc series is the result of that prompt, as Dr. Rosenberg talks to Center director Dr. Lauren Bairnsfather about the stories behind the selected photos and what those stories illustrate about the larger French Jewish experience during the Holocaust.

From January 10 – February 4, 2022, the Gumberg Library at Duquesne University hosted the exhibit “Who is a Jew, Amiens, France, 1940-1945.” On Jan 26, 2022, David Rosenberg was asked to give a presentation as part of an event to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The event was virtual due to Covid restrictions and was cosponsored by the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh. David Rosenberg’s talk is entitled “The Making of ‘Who is a Jew?” A tale of two cities and the challenges of bringing a troubling Holocaust history home.” It appears at around minute mark 30 in the video, runs for approximately fifteen minutes and is followed by a ten minute slide presentation.