Workshop visits
Educational workshops allow children to learn about the history of Jews during the Second World War, while looking at Jewish life and cultural practices. Some workshops also address issues of racism and anti-Semitism. After a presentation in the museum, children are introduced to various artistic practices.
New! Visits-workshops on specific dates
FATES IN TIME OF WAR
THE CHILD WITH TWO NAMES
For students of CM2, Paris
Through the journey of a hidden child, the young public discovers the different stages of the exclusion of Jews in France under the Occupation. This period is reconstructed with the help of Yiddish songs, archival documents and family photographs.
SIMONE VEIL, A FRENCH HISTORY
For students from the fifth to the fifth grade, Paris
Through the itinerary of Simone Veil, née Jacob, children discover a French Jewish family strongly attached to republican values, whose fate changes during the Second World War. Using archival documents from the Jacob family, they address the history of the exclusion of the Jews from France and then highlight Simone Veil’s commitment to memory work and the presence of the Righteous in collective memory.
RESCUE AND RESISTANCE
THE FIGHTER’S STAR
For students of CM2, Paris
The workshop traces the journey of a Jewish resistance fighter. Children observe various forms of engagement, from rescue to armed struggle. Songs, objects and archival documents help to better understand the issues of this plural resistance.
RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY (CNRD)
For students of CM2, Paris
By studying individual destinies, students discover the different forms of resistance, from rescuing Jewish children to liberating the territory. Through the analysis of archival documents, they shed light on the engagement of people with diverse backgrounds and paths.
JOSEPH, JEAN, CLAUDE AND THE OTHERS...
For students of CM2, Paris
This workshop is based on the analysis of excerpts from films about the life of Jewish children in France under the Occupation. While analyzing the choices of staging and discovering the notions of cinematographic language, students learn the story of hidden children.
HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP
US AND OTHERS AT THE CINEMA
For students of CM2, Paris
Through excerpts from classic fiction films such as E.T. by Steven Spielberg (1982) and Edward in the Hands of Money by Tim Burton (1991), which recount a first encounter with the Other, children exchange among themselves about prejudices and the relationship to otherness.
US AND THEM: what is racism?
For students from the fifth to the fifth grade, Paris
How do students deal with racism today? Between historical examples, plastic achievements and exchanges, children are invited to broaden their reflection around the question of rejection of the Other. The workshop aims to better understand the roots of racism and provide useful tools for deconstructing prejudices more easily.
STRANGE STRANGER
For students from CM1 to CM2, Paris
The storyteller invites children to a journey into the heart of Jewish folk tales and the five continents. Through these stories that summarize the spirit of a people, children discover the representation of «the stranger». They express themselves graphically and put into words their own representations.
By the way, what is being a Jew?
For students from the fifth to the fifth grade
On the eve of World War II, more than 300,000 Jews live in France. So what is it to be a Jew? Using objects, melodies and images, students discover many facets of Judaism. Listening to nursery rhymes in Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic is used as a support for the creation of an illustration.
PHILOSOPHY TO COMBAT PREJUDICE
For students from CM2 to 5th, Paris
During a philosophical awakening session, the nature and forms of prejudice, their links with discrimination, rejection and hatred of others are discussed.
SPORT AND DISCRIMINATION
For students from the fifth to the fifth grade, Paris
From the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin to the present day, the workshop offers a reflection on the challenges of sport. It is based on routes of sportsmen and sportswomen whose routes have strongly marked the societies. Based on the selected examples, the proposed activities (study of iconographic documents, debates...) give a significant place to the issue of discrimination. An artistic production concludes the workshop: in connection with the themes discussed, students imagine and create their own poster for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024.
ART HISTORY
RESIST THROUGH ART AND LITERATURE
For students of CM2, Paris
From the rise of Nazism, and until the war, artists have committed to denounce and testify. Students discover this very special commitment through archival documents, photos and artistic reproductions. The analysis of the works of Charlotte Salomon, John Heartfield, Marc Chagall and Felix Nussbaum leads students to understand the role of artists in the Resistance.
THE STORY APPEARS
For students from the fifth to the fifth grade, Paris
How to see the images to better understand our history? This image creation workshop offers an in-depth reading of a war poster. Children should analyze the graphics of words, symbols and signs used to better understand our story.
THE MEMORY IS WANDERING
For students from CM2 to 5th , Paris
What is the purpose of remembering? How does memory work? Who remembers and why? Christian Boltanski, Jiro Taniguchi, Muriel Bloch and many other artists have addressed these issues. Starting from the discovery of very varied works (installation, comics, music, tales...), children will try to understand the main mechanisms of memory and its major functions. They will then discuss the use and role of commemorative plaques.
NEW! RESISTANCE MUSIC
Michel and his clarinet invite the children to a journey into the pre-war Yiddish world where music set the tone of everyday life. Through the story of Michel’s grandfather, students discover how musicians tried to resist Nazism during World War II in order to raise awareness and keep alive an ancestral Yiddish culture.
Dates to choose from:
- Monday, April 7, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Monday, April 7, 2025 from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Price: 99 €
Information and reservations: by phone: 01 53 01 17 26 or by mail: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org
Cycles of specific educational workshops for schoolchildren in the city of Paris
PARIS UNDER OCCUPATION
This cycle consists of three activities: The workshop Joseph, Jean, Claude and the others... (see above) at the Shoah Memorial, the visit to Le Marais under the Occupation, as well as the workshop Daily life in the Paris of the Occupation at the National Archives.
PREJUDICE, RACISM AND ANTISEMITISM
This cycle consists of three activities: The workshops Philosophy to combat prejudice and Stranger (see above) at the Memorial, and a thematic visit Racism and anti-racism at the National Museum of the History of Immigration.
MEMORY AND HISTORY
This cycle consists of three activities: The Child with Two Names and Aide-mémoire (see above) workshops at the Memorial, and a workshop at the school on Plaques de mémoire and the history of the Just in his neighbourhood.
