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Tribute to Arlette Testyler, survivor of the Shoah

Published on 12 June 2026

Arlette Testyler, born Reiman, president of the Union of Auschwitz Deportees and Holocaust survivors, died on Friday 12 June in Paris.

The Shoah Memorial presents its most sincere condolences to his daughter Marina and all her family. He salutes a major figure in the memory of the Shoah, whose warmth and strength of character touched all those who knew her.

Speech competition: Say in politics, act for memory

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Published on 3 June 2026

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trial, 9 classes from the Paris region took up a major challenge: playing political figures in the finals of the eloquence competition at the Drancy Shoah Memorial.

Between emotion, historical rigor and oratory jousting at the Prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis, discover the highlights of a unique citizen event and the unpublished list of winners of this 2026 edition.

Discover the programming of the Nuit Blanche at the Shoah Memorial

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Published on 1 June 2026

For this 2026 edition of the Nuit blanche, the proposals by artists Tami Notsani and Emmanuel Régent explore what links contemporary art to memory and archive, but also to objects, sometimes ordinary, hoisted as symbols and sublimated by artistic gesture. Gestures tying together the past, present and future, the need for vigilance, hope and eternity.

Exceptionally! Opening on Saturday, June 6, 2026, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium, and closing at 2 a.m.