On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, the Shoah Memorial offers its visitors and curious people to discover the treasures of the family heritage, through a presentation of objects and documents, an encounter and a workshop. This day will also be the opportunity to go back on the traces of the ancient Jewish presence in the Marais as part of a unique visit to the heart of the neighborhood.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
Through the presentation of objects, photographs and documents preserved at the Shoah Memorial, the meeting proposes to return in detail to the exhibition Le Juif et la France, inaugurated on 5 September 1941 at the Palais Berlitz in Paris, by Paul Sézille, secretary general of the Institute of Jewish Studies. It will also discuss the place occupied by this demonstration in the context of the largest anti-Semitic propaganda offensive carried out by the occupier in spring 1941.
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The meeting will be broadcast live on the Memorial’s website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
The Shoah Memorial of Drancy and the Cercil – Children’s Memorial Museum of Hiv’ in Orléans offer you a visit linked to the first large roundups of 1941 and the role of the internment camps at Drancy, Pithiviers, and Beaune-la-Rolande in the internment and deportation of the Jews of France.
9 am: meeting in front of the Paris Memorial. Departure by coach for the Drancy Memorial.
10 am: thematic visit of the Drancy Memorial.
12 pm: lunch on site (plan a picnic).
13 h: departure for the Cercil in Orléans.
3 pm: visit of the Cercil – Memorial Museum of the Children of the Vel’d'Hiv’.
5 p.m.: departure. Return to Paris scheduled for 7 p.m.
