The International Freedom Center (IFC) was a proposed museum to be located adjacent to the site of Ground Zero at the former World Trade Center in New York City, USA. It was selected in 2004 to comprise a "cultural space" near to the memorial for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, called Reflecting Absence.

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  • The International Freedom Center (IFC) was a proposed museum to be located adjacent to the site of Ground Zero at the former World Trade Center in New York City, USA. It was selected in 2004 to comprise a "cultural space" near to the memorial for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, called Reflecting Absence. However, opponents reacted against the IFC's mission, saying that plans to promote international freedom through exhibits and displays about various genocides and crimes against humanity through history, including genocide of Native American genocide and the slave trade in the United States, were inappropriate at a site that many people consider to be sacred. On September 28 2005, New York Governor George E. Pataki barred the IFC from the World Trade Center site.. " George Soros, Tom Bernstein, Anthony Romero, and Eric Foner were promoters of the IFC. Within an hour of being barred from being on the WTC site, the IFC museum declared itself to be out of business, making no effort to find a new location. "We do not believe there is a viable alternative place for the I.F.C. at the World Trade Center site," said the statement from the center's executives, Tom Bernstein, Peter Kunhardt and Richard Tofel. "We consider our work, therefore, to have been brought to an end."
  • Le centre international de la liberté était un projet de musée qui devait être adjacent au site de Ground Zero, anciennement les tours jumelles du World Trade Center. Sélectionné en 2004, il comprenait un centre culturel, appelé " reflecting absence " (absence remarquée), il est situé près du mémorial aux victimes des attentats du 11 Septembre 2001. Mais ce sont de nombreuses critiques qui se sont abattues contre le projet IFC, clamant que promouvoir la liberté internationale par des expositions des différents génocides et crimes contre l'humanité de l'Histoire (incluant le génocide des indigènes ou encore l'esclavage aux Etats-Unis), était inapproprié sur un site considéré comme sacré par certains. C'est le 28 Septembre 2005 que le gouverneur George E. Pataki a rayé l'IFC de la carte du Wolrd Trade Center. George Soros, Tom Bernstein, Anthony Romero, et Eric Foner étaient les promoteurs de l'IFC. C'est une heure avant d'être officiellement refusé sur Ground Zero, que le musée s'est retiré de la course, déclarant ne pas être au niveau, ne faisant aucun effort pour trouver une autre implantation.
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  • The International Freedom Center (IFC) was a proposed museum to be located adjacent to the site of Ground Zero at the former World Trade Center in New York City, USA. It was selected in 2004 to comprise a "cultural space" near to the memorial for victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, called Reflecting Absence.
  • Le centre international de la liberté était un projet de musée qui devait être adjacent au site de Ground Zero, anciennement les tours jumelles du World Trade Center. Sélectionné en 2004, il comprenait un centre culturel, appelé " reflecting absence " (absence remarquée), il est situé près du mémorial aux victimes des attentats du 11 Septembre 2001.
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  • International Freedom Center
  • International Freedom Center
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