Tribute to Hélène Mouchard-Zay, founding president of the CERCIL– Memorial Museum for Children of the Vel d'Hiv, passed away on Monday, March 2 in Orléans, at the age of 85.
Published on March 3, 2026
Hélène Mouchard-Zay, founding president of CERCIL – Memorial Museum for the Children of the Vel d'Hiv, passed away on Monday, March 2nd in Orléans, at the age of 85.
The Shoah Memorial pays tribute to the memory of Hélène Mouchard-Zay, a great figure in the memory of the Shoah and a great humanist, a woman of convictions, dialogue and action, and presents its most sincere condolences to her husband Claude, their sons Jean and Daniel, and her family.
