Hélène Mouchard-Zay
Hélène Mouchard-Zay | |
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| Born | Hélène Jacqueline Élisabeth Zay 27 August 1940 Rabat, French protectorate in Morocco |
| Died | 2 March 2026 (aged 85) Orléans, France |
| Education | Agrégation de Lettres classiques |
| Occupations | Academic Writer |
Hélène Jacqueline Élisabeth Mouchard-Zay (French: [elˈɛn ʒaklˈin ɪlˈɪse͡ɪbəθ muʃˈaʁ-zˈɛ]; 27 August 1940 – 2 March 2026) was a French academic and writer.[1]
Life and career
Born in Rabat on 27 August 1940,[2] Mouchard-Zay was the daughter of Madeleine and Jean Zay.[3] Her father was imprisoned by the Vichy regime,[4] and was murdered in 1944.[5] She received an Agrégation de Lettres classiques and became a secondary schoolteacher[6] before joining the University of Orléans as a professor.[7] From 1989 to 2001, she was also involved with municipal politics in Orléans, serving on the municipal council committees for education, youth, and human rights.[8] She founded the Centre d'étude et de recherche sur les camps d'internement du Loiret (Cercil) in 1991[9] alongside Éliane Klein.[10] In 2011, Cercil created a museum and memorial to the children victimized during the Vel' d'Hiv roundup.[11] In 2009, she and her sister, Catherine Martin-Zay, donated their father's belongings to the National Archives in Paris.[12] On 1 April 2019, she was appointed to the steering committee of the Palais de la Porte Dorée.[13] In June 2022, she was presented with the Commander's Medal of the Legion of Honour by Serge Klarsfeld.[14] In 2023, she published her father's second novel, Le Château du silence, which was previously unpublished and written while he was in captivity in 1943.[15]
Mouchard-Zay was married to poet Claude Mouchard, with whom she had two sons: Jean and Daniel.[16]
Mouchard-Zay died in Orléans on 2 March 2026, at the age of 85.[17]
Decorations
References
- ^ Corsimault, Anne-Marie (3 March 2026). ""Elle était toujours combative…" : la directrice du Cercil d'Orléans réagit au décès d'Hélène Mouchard-Zay". La République du Centre (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Piketty, Caroline (2012). "Les papiers de Jean Zay. Nouvelles sources d'archives pour l'histoire du début du XXe siècle". Histoire@Politique (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Entre ici, Jean Zay !". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 3 April 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Casadesus, Frédérick (4 August 2016). "Hélène Mouchard-Zay, la force d'une éducation". Réforme (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Grangeray, Emilie (31 January 2023). "« Hélène Mouchard-Zay, du sens de la justice au sens de l'histoire », sur France Culture : convoquer le passé pour raviver la mémoire de la Shoah". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Boga, Pinelopi (September 2021). "La panthéonisation des quatre résistants sous François Hollande (2012-2015) : protagonistes, stratégies et représentations". Centre d'histoire sociale des mondes contemporains (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "MOUCHARD-ZAY Hélène". Les Rendez-vous de l’histoire (in French).
- ^ Huppenoire, Camille; Guéroult, François (3 March 2026). "L'Orléanaise Hélène Mouchard-Zay, fille de Jean Zay, est décédée". Ici (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Lehoux, Valérie (3 March 2026). "Mort d'Hélène Mouchard-Zay, fille de Jean Zay et infatigable militante de l'Histoire". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Hélène Mouchard-zay". Departmental Council of Loiret (in French).
- ^ "Hélène Mouchard-Zay, présidente du Cercil - Musée mémorial des enfants du Vel d'Hiv". Ici (in French). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Mouchard-Zay, Hélène (2018). Les dons d’archives et de bibliothèques (in French). Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes. p. 51–58. ISBN 978-2-7535-7424-3. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Arrêté du 1er avril 2019 portant nomination au conseil d'orientation de l'Etablissement public du palais de la porte Dorée". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 12 April 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Épisode 5/5 : Entrer dans l'éternité : tombes de cendres, tombes de marbre". France Culture (in French). 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ Debré, Ondine (18 June 2023). "Hélène Mouchard-Zay, le château de son père". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Tribute to Hélène Mouchard-Zay, founding president of the CERCIL– Memorial Museum for Children of the Vel d'Hiv, passed away on Monday, March 2 in Orléans, at the age of 85". Mémorial de la Shoah.
- ^ Ptak, Marion (3 March 2026). "Hélène Mouchard-Zay, fille de Jean Zay et fondatrice du Cercil, est décédée à l'âge de 85 ans". France 3 Centre (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2014 portant promotion et nomination". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 1 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Décret du 31 décembre 2021 portant promotion dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2026.