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Jewish Heritage in France: Evaluation of Twenty Years Work and Protection

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France awoke fairly late to the realisation that specific protection was required for its Jewish heritage. For many years, the only thought was to safeguard a few eighteenth-century buildings of exceptional quality without considering their value as representatives of the Jewish inheritance. Thus, in 1924, the synagogues under threat at Carpentras and Cavaillon were saved by being classified as historic monuments. It was not until the 1980s that a campaign to research and protect this heritage got under way. The regional Departments for the Preservation of Historic Monuments were given the idea of ‘recent heritage’ by their supervising ministerial department.

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34(2)

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39-54

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Link to article (paywalled), Jewish Heritage in France: Evaluation of Twenty Years Work and Protection

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Jarrassé, Dominique Jewish Heritage in France: Evaluation of Twenty Years Work and Protection. European Judaism. 2001: 39-54.  https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.3167/001430001782384810