Yom HaShoah Ceremony 2022

The Yom HaShoah ceremony is a date chosen by the State of Israel for the commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and the heroes of the Jewish Resistance during the Second World War, it takes the form of an uninterrupted public reading of 24 hours, day and night.

Of the 76,000 names inscribed on the Wall of Names, the names of the people deported from France are pronounced one by one. Some 200 people, former deportees, parents, volunteers, children... will take turns to read, from the lists from Serge Klarsfeld’s Memorial of the Deportation Book (Association des FFDJF), the names of "those whose only name remains" (Simone Veil).

The ceremony is open to the public on the forecourt of the Shoah Memorial from 7 PM to 1:45 AM and then from 6 AM to 7 PM.

From 1:45 and 6:00, the readings of convoys 49 to 55 will be read remotely, on Zoom.

Testimony of Isabelle Choko, former deportee.

The ceremony was entirely broadcast live on the website of the Shoah Memorial, as well as on Facebook and YouTube.

Event organized under the aegis of the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, in partnership with Judaism on the Move (JEM), the association of Sons and Daughters of Jewish deportees from France (FFDJF) at the initiative of this ceremony, and the Consistory of Paris.

Read the opening speech by François Heilbronn, Vice-President of the Shoah Memorial 

Review the testimony of Isabelle Choko, a former deportee during the opening ceremony

New things! Participate in the meetings around Yom HaShoah 

Wednesday, April 27, at 8:30 PM 

Meeting – 80 years after the Vel d'Hiv. History and memory of the raid today

Co-organized with the Éclaireuses et Éclaireurs Israélites de France (EEIF).

Thursday, April 28, at 3 PM 

Meeting – Testimonies of Berthe Badehi and Sylvie Benilouz