In partnership with the MAHJ
Steeped in literary narratives, these journeys invite the discovery of individual itineraries and question, in a new way, the history and memories of Paris' neighborhoods.
Thursday, September 7, 2023,
Walks outside the walls "In search of Perec"
Understanding Georges Perec is an attempt to decipher this writing imbued with mystery, playing with constraints, and one of the most singular works in world literature. It is also about exploring the "other places" of this son of Polish Jewish immigrants who liked to walk the urban space at the meeting of his life.
From his childhood neighborhood in the 20th arrondissement to the Père-Lachaise cemetery, this visit reconstitutes the "Perec puzzle".
Moderated by David Feinermann, national tour guide
Meeting at 66, rue des Couronnes (20th arrondissement)
Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 10 a.m.
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 Her striking lucidity and her talent as a writer make the Journal of Hélène Berrun an unpublished and precious testimony. The itinerary is accompanied by the reading of excerpts from the Diary put into perspective with the situation of the Jews in Paris under the Occupation;
This visit to the Quartier Latin, "in enchanted territory" in the words of Hélène Berr, continues until the Shoah Memorial which preserves and displays the original diary.
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duration: 2.5 hours
Wednesday, October 18, 2023,
Walks outside the walls "In search of Perec"
Understanding Georges Perec is an attempt to decipher this writing imbued with mystery, playing with constraints, and one of the most singular works in world literature. It is also about exploring the "other places" of this son of Polish Jewish immigrants who liked to walk the urban space at the meeting of his life.
From his childhood neighborhood in the 20th arrondissement to the Père-Lachaise cemetery, this visit reconstitutes the "Perec puzzle".
Moderated by
duration 2h30
Go to the main entrance of the cemetery, boulevard de Ménilmontant, at the top of rue de la Roquette (20th arr.). This course requires good physical condition.
On registration
In partnership with the mahJ.
