Visits-workshops
Educational workshops allow children to approach the history of the Jews during the Second World War while taking a look at Jewish life and cultural practices. In some workshops, the issues of racism and anti-Semitism are also addressed. After a presentation in the museum, children are introduced to various artistic practices.
New! Visits-workshops on specific dates
FATES IN TIMES OF WAR
THE CHILD HAS TWO NAMES
For 5th grade students, Paris
Through the journey of a hidden child, the young audience discovers the different stages of the exclusion of Jews in France under the Occupation. This period is reconstructed using Yiddish songs, archival documents and family photographs.
SIMONE VEIL, A FRENCH STORY
For students from CM2 to 5e, Paris
Through the journey of Simone Veil, née Jacob, the children discover a French-Jewish family strongly attached to republican values, whose destiny changes during the Second World War. With the help of archival documents from the Jacob family, they address the history of the exclusion of Jews from France and then highlight the commitment of Simone Veil in the work of memory and the presence of the Righteous in the collective memory.
RESCUE AND RESISTANCE
THE FIGHTING STAR
For 5th grade students, Paris
The workshop traces the journey of a Jewish resistance fighter. The children observe the various forms of engagement, from rescue to armed struggle. Songs, objects and archival documents help to better understand the challenges of this plural resistance.
RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY (CNRD)
For 5th grade students, Paris
By studying individual destinies, students discover the different forms of resistance, from the rescue of Jewish children to the liberation of the territory. Through the analysis of archival documents, they highlight the commitment of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
JOSEPH, JEAN, CLAUDE AND THE OTHERS...
For 5th grade students, Paris
This workshop is based on the analysis of film excerpts about the lives of Jewish children in France under the Occupation. While analyzing the choices of staging and discovering the notions of cinematic language, students learn the story of hidden children.
HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP
US AND THE OTHERS AT THE CINEMA
For 5th grade students, Paris
Through excerpts from classic fiction films such as E.T. by Steven Spielberg (1982) and Edward at the Silver Hand by Tim Burton (1991), which recount a first encounter with the Other, the children exchange among themselves on prejudices and the relationship to otherness.
US AND them: what is racism?
For students from CM2 to 5e, Paris
How do students today apprehend racism? Between historical examples, artistic achievements and exchanges, children are invited to broaden their reflection around the issue of rejection of the Other. The workshop thus aims to better understand the springs of racism and provide useful tools for deconstructing prejudices more easily.
STRANGE STRANGER
For students from CM1 to CM2, Paris
The storyteller invites children on a journey to the heart of Jewish folk tales and from 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 it about being Jewish?
For students from CM2 to 5th grade
On the eve of the Second World War, more than 300,000 Jews lived in France. So, what does it mean to be Jewish? From objects, melodies and images, the students discover several facets of Judaism. Listening to nursery rhymes in Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Hebrew and Arabic serves as a support for creating an illustration.
THE PHILOSOPHY TO COMBAT PREJUDICES
For students from CM2 to 5e, Paris
During a philosophical awakening session, the nature and forms of prejudices are evoked, their links with discrimination, rejection and hatred of others.
SPORT FACES DISCRIMINATION
For students from CM2 to 5e, Paris
From the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games to the present day, the workshop offers a reflection on the challenges of sport. It is based on the paths of sportswomen and men whose itineraries have strongly marked societies. Based on the selected examples, the proposed activities (study of iconographic documents, debates...) give significant space to the issue of discrimination. An artistic production concludes the workshop: in connection with the themes addressed, the students imagine and create their own poster for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
HISTORY OF ARTS
RESIST WITH ART AND LITERATURE
For 5th grade students, Paris
From the rise of Nazism, and until the war, artists committed themselves to denounce and testify. The students discover this very particular 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 IS DISPLAYED
For students from CM2 to 5e, 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 must analyze the graphics of the words, symbols, and signs used, in order to better understand the elements of our history.
THE WANDERING MEMORY
For students from CM2 to 5th grade, Paris
What is the point of remembering? How does memory work? Who remembers and why? Christian Boltanski, Jiro Taniguchi, Muriel Bloch and many other artists have addressed these questions. From the discovery of very varied works (installation, comic book, music, tale...), children will try to understand the main mechanisms of memory and its major functions. They will then examine the use and role of commemorative plaques.
NEW! MUSIC IN RESISTANCE
Michel and his clarinet invite the children on a journey into the Yiddish world of the pre-war period where music punctuated daily life. Through the story of Michel’s grandfather, students discover how musicians tried to resist Nazism during the Second World War 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 p.m.
- Monday, April 7, 2025, from 1:30 PM to 4 PM
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Price: 99 €
Information and reservations: by phone: 01 53 01 17 26 or by email: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org
Cycles of specific educational workshops for schoolchildren from the city of Paris
PARIS UNDER THE OCCUPATION
This cycle consists of three activities: The workshop Joseph, Jean, Claude and the others... (see above) at the Shoah Memorial, the visit Le Marais sous l'Occupation, as well as the workshop La vie quotidienne dans le Paris de l'Occupation at the National Archives.
PREJUDICE, RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM
This cycle consists of three activities: the workshops Philosophy to combat prejudices and Strange stranger (see above) at the Memorial, and a thematic visit Racism and antiracism at the National Museum of the History of Immigration.
MEMORY AND HISTORY
This cycle consists of three activities: The workshops L'enfant aux deux noms and Aide-mémoire (see above) at the Memorial, and a workshop at school on Les plaques de mémoire et l'histoire des Justes de son quartier.
