Yom HaShoah Ceremony 2022

The ceremony of Yom HaShoah is a date chosen by the State of Israel for the commemoration in memory of the victims of the Shoah and the heroes of the Jewish Resistance during the Second World War, it takes place in 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 those 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 the Memorial Deportation Book of Serge Klarsfeld, (published by the Association of 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 p.m. to 1:45 a.m., then from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

From 1:45 to 6:00, the readings for 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 in Movement (JEM), the association of the sons and daughters of the Jewish deportees of France (FFDJF) at the initiative of this ceremony, and the Consistory of Paris.

Read the opening speech of François Heilbronn, vice-president of the Shoah Memorial 

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

What’s new! Take part in the events around Yom HaShoah 

Wednesday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m. 

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

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

Thursday, April 28, at 3 p.m. 

Meeting – Testimonies of Berthe Badehi and Sylvie Benilouz