le devoir de mémoire de la Shoah

Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

le devoir de mémoire de la Shoah

Greetings!

Could you please help me understand the meaning of this phrase:

"le devoir de mémoire de la Shoah"

In addition, I'm wondering why "mémoire" does not require an article in this context.

Thank you!

This question relates to:French dictation exercise "Simone Veil"

Dictation exercise B1

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CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Lorie, 

I must say I wasn't quite sure myself here is a French wiki page that explains it -

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9moire_de_la_Shoah#:~:text=La%20m%C3%A9moire%20de%20la%20Shoah%20aux%20%C3%89tats%2DUnis,-La%20premi%C3%A8re%20pierre&text=C'est%20un%20hommage%20aux,de%20Juifs%20d'Europe%20assassin%C3%A9s.

Hope this helps!

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Le devoir de memoire -- the duty to remember. Of what? De la Shoah -- of the Shoah.

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le devoir de mémoire de la Shoah

Greetings!

Could you please help me understand the meaning of this phrase:

"le devoir de mémoire de la Shoah"

In addition, I'm wondering why "mémoire" does not require an article in this context.

Thank you!

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