The Holocaust Memorial in France

The Memorial of the Shoah is a recognized foundation of public utility. The Holocaust Memorial works to disseminate and teach the history of the Shoah to a wide and diverse audience, including school children. He designs exhibitions within his institutions and outside, in France and abroad, and circulates travelling exhibitions.

The Memorial is Europe’s largest research, information and awareness centre 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 foundation of the Memorial and allows us to amplify the actions that are already carried out in the regions through our local office in Toulouse, our 9 correspondents in Grenoble, Lyon, Lille and Strasbourg, and our activities outside the walls.

Acting everywhere in France also means meeting students and teachers in their schools throughout the country through educational activities that can be done on site – travelling 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.