Participate in the literary explorations of the Holocaust Memorial
In partnership with MAHJ.
Imbued with literary narratives, these itineraries invite you to discover individual routes and question, in an unprecedented way, the history and memories of Paris' neighbourhoods.
The Child of Belleville
Thursday 7 September 2023, 2:30 pm
Walks outside the walls «In search of Perec»
To understand Georges Perec is to attempt to decipher this writing marked by mystery, playing with constraints, and one of the most singular works of world literature. It is also to explore the «other places» of this son of Polish Jewish immigrants who liked to walk through the urban space to meet his life.
From his childhood neighborhood in the 20th arrondissement to the cemetery of Père-Lachaise, this visit reconstitutes the «puzzle Perec».
Moderated by David Feinermann, National Speaker
Rendezvous at 66, rue des Couronnes (20th arr.)
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In the footsteps of Hélène Berr
Sunday 10 September 2023, at 10am
From April 1942 to February 1944, Hélène Berr, a young Jewish student, kept her diary in occupied Paris. As the words go, between relative carelessness and anxiety, the young woman shares her daily life in the face of the trap that, step by step, closes on her. His striking lucidity and his talent as a writer make the Journal of Hélène Berrun an unprecedented and valuable testimony. The course is accompanied by reading excerpts from the Journal put into perspective with the situation of the Jews in Paris under the Occupation;
This visit to the Latin Quarter, «in enchanted territory» according to the words of Hélène Berr, continues until the Memorial de la Shoah which preserves and exposes the original of the newspaper.
By Julien Coutant, professor of letters and educational mediator at the Holocaust Memorial.
In the presence of Mariette Job, niece of Hélène Berr and editor of the Journal.
duration: 2h30
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The perishing heritage
Wednesday 18 October 2023, 2:30 pm
Walks outside the walls «In search of Perec»
To understand Georges Perec is to attempt to decipher this writing marked by mystery, playing with constraints, and one of the most singular works of world literature. It is also to explore the «other places» of this son of Polish Jewish immigrants who liked to walk through the urban space to meet his life.
From his childhood neighborhood in the 20th arrondissement to the cemetery of Père-Lachaise, this visit reconstitutes the «puzzle Perec».
Moderated by David Feinermann, National Speaker
duration 2h30
Meet at the main entrance of the cemetery, boulevard de Ménilmontant, at the top of rue de la Roquette (20th arr.). This course requires a good physical condition.
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