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The Shoah Memorial in Paris is the largest centre in Europe for research and information on the Second World War and the genocide of the Jewish people. In 2011 alone, 40,000 pupils attended workshops there, of which 2,240 were 9- to 12-year-olds. Organized visits from secular public and private primary schools in the Paris region accounted for over 80% of this age group.

PARIS (AP) - Tens of thousands of French teachers and their supporters took to the streets Tuesday for a national strike and protests over education job cuts under President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. As children nationwide packed into a shrinking number of classes because their teachers were out, Sarkozy insisted that his first responsibility was to private-sector workers and employers facing international competition at a time of economic woe, not state employees.