BACKGROUND: Living and surviving in the Vichy France

For fifth-grade students, Paris 

This shared journey highlights the complexity of the history of the Jews in the context of the Second World War. In the collections of the Musée de l'Armée, are discussed notably the military defeat in May-June 1940, the Call of 18 June by General de Gaulle, the Occupation, the Collaboration and the Resistance. During the visit to the Musée de l'Armée, students discover daily life in Paris and the provinces under the Occupation. At the Shoah Memorial, students detail forms of engagement and rescue of Jews during a 3-hour workshop.