For the 3
Sunday, March 17, 2024, 10 a.m.
The Shoah Memorial offers a unique walk to discover the Paris of Simone Veil.
From the Hotel Lutétia where she arrived in 1945 after returning from deportation to the fighting at the rostrum of the National Assembly, participants walked along quai de Conti in front of the imposing columns of the French Academy. By inscribing their steps in a daily Paris, they share the story of a life of commitments.
The route then opens the entrance to the Panthéon: under the dome, a tribute to the Righteous of France and the final resting place of an immortal couple. Iconic figure, the lives of Simone Veil now adorn the urban furniture near the Shoah Memorial, the final stage in a journey marked by the seal of exception.
Duration: 2h30
Meeting place: reception of the Shoah Memorial, 4
Sunday, March 17, 2024, 2:00 PM
In words and music, the visitor walks through the heart of Ashkenazi and Sephardic cultures through the small streets of the Marais on the traces of Jewish life. Schools, synagogues, shops and a secret garden mark this discovery.
At the turn of a street or a square, musical readings will revive the soul of this old neighborhood nicknamed by its inhabitants the Pletzl.
Mediation: Virginie Fromentin
Maud Landau, actress
Eden Gerber (clarinet and vocals) and Adrien Séguy (accordion and vocals) from the band Assafir.
Duration: 2 hours
Meeting point: Saint-Paul metro station, 4
Sunday, March 17, 2024, 3 p.m.
On 16 and 17 July 1942, at the initiative of the Germans, the French police arrested 12,884 Jews in Paris. This roundup on an unprecedented scale concerns, for the first time, more than 4,000 children under 16 years of age. They were taken to the "Vel d'Hiv", a famous sports centre located not far from the Eiffel Tower, and interned there for several days in inhumane conditions. Deported from Drancy to Auschwitz-Birkenau, few survive. What remains today of "these days of tears and shame", in the words of Jacques Chirac in 1995? This journey will address the history and memory of this roundup, now a symbol of the Shoah in France.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Meeting place: in front of the monument, Place des Martyrs-juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver, promenade du quai de Grenelle, 15
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 6 p.m.
Symbolized by the emblematic Montmartre, the 18th
From the school on rue Ferdinand Flocon to the synagogue on rue Saint-Isaure, via the Léon Serpolet garden and boulevard Ornano, this route invites you to discover the little-known history of the Jews of northern Paris.
Duration: 1h30
Meeting point: place Jules Joffrin, 18
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 6 p.m.
The tour begins with a presentation of the Wall of Names at the Shoah Memorial before going on the traces of Jewish life in the historic heart of Paris, the Marais. By discovering synagogues, commemorative plaques and traditional shops from the Middle Ages to the present day, the group follows the evolution of the Jewish quarter, the Pletzl.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Meeting place: reception of the Shoah Memorial, 4
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 11 a.m.
Started at the end of the 19th century, this immigration from Balkan Europe finds its place in the Popincourt district. From rue Sedaine to place Voltaire, passing by the synagogue on rue de la Roquette, streets, shops and cafés come back to life under the pen of Ariane Bois in Le Monde d'Hannah which depicts the story of her mother, a Turkish Jew. The itinerary is accompanied by excerpts from the book and allows us to retrace the history of the Judeo-Spaniards, from their settlement to the darker time of the persecutions of the Occupation.
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Meeting place: at the foot of the July Column, Place de la Bastille, 11
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 2:00 PM
From April 1942 to February 1944, Hélène Berr, a young Jewish student, kept her diary in occupied Paris. Over the words, between relative carefreeness and anxiety, the young woman shares her daily life in the face of the trap that, step by step, closes in on her. Her striking lucidity and her talent as a writer make the diary of Hélène Berr an unpublished and precious testimony.
The journey through the Latin Quarter is accompanied by the reading of excerpts from the Diary put into perspective with the situation of the Jews in Paris under the Occupation.
Mediation: Julien Coutant
In the exceptional presence of Mariette Job, niece of Hélène Berr and editor of the Journal.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Meeting place: 5 avenue Elisée Reclus, 7
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 3 p.m.
This route through the streets of Belleville, Saint-Fargeau and Gambetta allows you to understand the daily life of Jewish immigrants settled in these working-class neighborhoods. Artisans, fairground workers, often yiddishophones, religious or secular, politically engaged or not, these newcomers become part of the life of the 20th arrondissement to which they infuse a new energy. First targeted during the roundups of 1941 and 1942, the inhabitants of these neighborhoods include many resistance fighters.
Duration: 1h30
Meeting place: Belleville metro station, 20
