The spaces of the museum-memorial

EXPLORE THE SPACES OF THE MUSEUM-MEMORIAL

• Inauguration of the renovated Wall of Names
• The Documentation Center
• The bookstore
• The forecourt

• The digital monument
• The Edmond J. Safra Auditorium
• The crypt and the Jewish file
• The pediment

• The Wall of the Righteous
• The exhibition halls
• The Hall of Names
• Virtual tour

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Inauguration of the renovated Wall of Names

Inaugurated on 27 January 2005 by President Jacques Chirac and Simone Veil, the Wall of Names includes the names of 75,568 Jews deported from France, including 11,400 children. Since 2005, the documentation centre has been collecting changes and spelling errors found by families or from new archival sources.

The day after Yom Hashoah, on May 3, 2019, the Wall of Names was closed to the public in order to be completely renovated. 6,200 corrections have been made (rectifications, additions, corrections), 379 names removed and 226 names added.

After nine months of work, the Wall of Names was again made accessible to the public on January 27, 2020, after its inauguration by President Emmanuel Macron.

Discover behind the scenes of the renovation of the Wall of Names: