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This article discusses the teaching of sensitive topics related to the memory and history of the 20th century, mainly the issues of the extermination of Jews and the wars of national liberation. The survey, conducted between 2000 and 2003 at the Academie de Versailles, highlights the specific difficulties in this teaching from primary school to secondary school, in different disciplines ‒ literature, history and philosophy. The report also leads to an analysis of the representations that are formed on these subjects, both by students and teachers. (By the author - Translation)