Conscience historique et mémorielle du génocide. Jules Isaac et Jésus et Israël, rescapés de la Shoah (1940-1948)

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Historical and memorial awareness of the genocide: Jules Isaac and Jesus and Israel, survivors of the Shoah (1940-1948) Published in 1948, Jesus and Israel is Jules Isaac’s first book devoted to the Christian roots of antisemitism. Often interpreted through the retrospective prism of Jewish-Christian dialogue and the Second Vatican Council, this article rather links the book to its starting point: the Shoah. A work of history, Jesus and Israel is also the work of a survivor and a witness to persecution. Isaac’s scientific and commemorative approach is an early example of a link between historical consciousness and memory of the Shoah. Punctuated with analogies to Auschwitz, the book provoked a debate about the persistence of antisemitism in France, proving that the immediate post-war period was far from being a silent one in regard to genocide.