The online catalog of the photo library

The photo library was created in 1994 from a collection of 8,000 images, which had until then been integrated into the paper archives. The photographs in this first collection focus mainly on the Holocaust in Europe and the major trials. They come, since the 50s, from the work carried out by the C.D.J.C. on large exhibitions and around the Nuremberg trials and Adolf Eichmann.

Since 1994, the photo service has had the task of strengthening its collections, particularly concerning the history of the Jews of France during the Second World War, the countries of origin, and the post-war period. The photo library holds an important film collection, a collection of historical posters with more than 5,000 original pieces and a unique Judaica postcard collection.

The photo library holds photographic archives of Jewish institutions such as the Œuvre de Secours à l'Enfance, the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Israélites de France, but also those of personalities like the great Rabbi Jacob Kaplan or Claude Kelman.

Every week, donors submit their photographs and documents to the Memorial and new avenues of research open up to continue enriching this image collection dedicated to the history and memory of the Holocaust in France and Europe.

The collection today consists of more than 300,000 photographs, a third of which are available online, according to the rights of the images (available in the reading room or on our website).

For any information, deposit of photographs or order please contact by email the photo library service which will respond as soon as possible.

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