On the night of November 9 to 10, 1938, a wave of violence against the Jews in Germany and Austria was unleashed. Called "Crystal Night" because of the many broken windows, this first major manifestation of antisemitic violence, orchestrated by the Nazi power aims to accelerate the emigration of Jews, considered too slow.
The Warsaw ghetto is the largest ghetto set up by the Nazis during the Holocaust. From its creation in the autumn of 1940 until its destruction after the heroic revolt of the fighters against the German army in April-May 1943, it will gather up to 450,000 people.
Carried out by the German propaganda services in France, published in 15,000 copies and displayed throughout Paris, the red poster constitutes a major propaganda operation against the Resistance.
Created on the occasion of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the year 1945, this exhibition addresses the discovery of the camps by the Allied armies (American, British, French and Soviet), the repatriation of deportees and the attempts at reconstruction, as well as the gradual awareness of the reality of the Nazi concentration camp universe. [...]
Since their entry into the Pantheon in January 2007, the Righteous of France have become a major figure in the memory of the Second World War. This exhibition presents the rescue actions that developed within the population in response to the persecution of Jews in France.
On 20 November 1945, the trial of the main political, economic and military leaders of the Nazi regime opens in Nuremberg. Inaugural, the Nuremberg trial was in more ways than one: by creating the notion of «crime against humanity», by associating written documents with images as evidence, and by filming the trial to constitute an archive [...]
The Centre for Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDJC) was created in April 1943 in Grenoble at the initiative of Isaac Schneersohn. Founder of a historiography, first archive centre on genocide accessible to researchers and the public, place of memory of the Jews of France, the CDJC today merges with the memory of the Shoah of which it is one of the depositors the [...]
By glorifying the body of athletes, totalitarian and authoritarian regimes make sports places for the recruitment of populations, a field for ideological propaganda and an instrument at the service of aggressive diplomacy.
The commitment in the Resistance was the choice of men and women from the summer of 1940. But the latter have long been relegated to the shadows, and their role unknown or underestimated.
In 1945, the world discovers the horror of the Nazi concentration camps, which caused hundreds of thousands of victims in a few years. From then on, the concentration camp system became the quintessential illustration of the negation of man by the Nazis.
When September 1, 1939 begins what will become the Second World War, France is made up not only of the metropolis but also of a huge colonial empire. Considered the first military power in the world, it seems to be able to stand up to Nazi Germany and its projects. The defeat of the country in June 1940, [...]
The Shoah Memorial offers a new traveling exhibition entitled "
This exhibition places the persecution of homosexuals under the Nazi regime in a European framework, while focusing on the German and French case, from the first homosexual movements at the end of the 19th century to the most recent memorial processes.
The Shoah Memorial offers a new traveling exhibition entitled
As part of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Shoah Memorial presents a new traveling exhibition on the theme of sport and the Olympic Games to address issues of discrimination, antisemitism, racism, and deconstructing prejudices.
