Opening of the Cabu exhibition, drawings from the Vel d'Hiv roundup
in Chambon-sur-lignonexhibition outside the walls
Thursday 22 June 2023Saturday 30 September 2023
After a presentation in Paris in 2022 on the occasion of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, the Shoah Memorial presents from June 22, 2023 in Chambon-sur-Lignon the press drawings by Cabu made for the newspaper Le Nouveau Candide in 1967.
The talent of the illustrator allows one to dive back into one of the darkest events in the history of France.
"These sixteen unpublished drawings by Cabu dating from 1967 and illustrating the roundup of the Vélodrome d'Hiver in 1942 are there for History. They must be seen by the greatest number, so that people understand what the Vel d'Hiv roundup was of which we only have one photograph today. The great strength of Cabu’s line is to succeed, at a glance, in conveying the horror of this tragedy," explain Laurent Joly and Véronique Cabut.
Learn more about the exhibition
Scientific Commission
Laurent Joly, director of research at the CNRS.
Coordination of the exhibition
Sophie Nagiscarde, head of the cultural activities department, Shoah Memorial
and Floriane Barbier, Head of the Place de Mémoire au Chambon sur Lignon
Credit: The Little Girl behind the door. Cabu, 1967. Pen and ink on paper. 29.9 x 40.3 cm. Published in the New Candide, no. 313. © V. Cabut.
