The Shoah Memorial in France

The Shoah Memorial is a Foundation recognized as being of public utility. The Shoah Memorial works for the dissemination and teaching of the history of the Shoah to a wide and diverse audience, including schoolchildren. It notably designs exhibitions within its establishments and outside, in France and abroad, and circulates travelling exhibitions.

The Memorial is the largest research, information and awareness centre in Europe on the history of the genocide of the Jews during the Second World War. It is a place of memory, pedagogy and transmission.

The arrival of new establishments today strengthens the national base of the Memorial and allows to amplify the actions that are already carried out in regions via our local branch in Toulouse, our 9 correspondents in Grenoble, Lyon, Lille and Strasbourg, and our activities outside the walls.

Acting everywhere in France also means reaching out to students and teachers within their schools throughout the territory through on-site educational activities – traveling exhibitions, workshops, screenings, meetings, etc. – to show everyone the consequences of racism and anti-Semitism from the history of the Shoah and other genocides of the 20th century.