Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation

The Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Déportation was founded on 17 October 1990 on the initiative of French Prime Minister Michel Rocard and the former Minister of the Interior.

[1] It serves as a support organization responsible for a number of unions and associations that deal with the deportations and imprisonment carried out by Nazis and the Vichy regime in France from 1940 to 1945.

The foundation is one of many partner organizations of the Austrian Service Abroad (German: Auslandsdienst) and the corresponding Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service (Gedenkdienst).

The foundation works on activities, alliances and initiatives of former internees, supports their families and preserves how internment and deportation affected them, as an historical monument for generations to come.

[citation needed] It operates on these principles: By teaching and understanding, the Institution has two aims: