1956-2006: From the Memorial of the unknown Jewish martyr to the Shoah Memorial

Laying of the first stone of the Tomb of the unknown Jewish martyr, Paris, May 17, 1953. Photo Daniel Franck / Memorial of the Shoah

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the institution, an exhibition-dossier conceived by the Mémorial de la Shoah, under the direction of the historian Annette Wieviorka, retraces the history of the creation of the Mémorial. Presenting a selection of archival documents and photographs, it also evokes the personalities who acted to create the first European memorial dedicated to the Jewish victims of Nazism.