With the National Archives – New!

The inter-museums are offered as part of partnerships between the Shoah Memorial and various institutions. These courses allow students to better understand the chosen theme.

Booking is mandatory at both establishments.

BACKGROUND: Life under the Occupation

From personal archives, letters, diaries, photographs and administrative documents, the students retrace the daily life of singular journeys in the face of the extent of anti-Semitic persecution.

Workshop: Supplications

National Archives

Study of "supplications", or spontaneous letters of protest addressed to Philippe Pétain or the authorities of the Vichy regime, in reaction to French and German anti-Semitic legislative measures from 1940.

Duration: 2 hours

Memory journey in Paris: In the footsteps of Hélène Berr

Shoah Memorial

Level: from 9th to 12th grade

Themes: Literature, Jewish life, antisemitism, yellow star, Vel d'Hiv roundup, memory.

Historical period: WWII.

Media: Extracts from the diary of Hélène Berr, testimonies, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1:45

National Archives, site of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine:
Thursday, January 7, 2027 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Thursday, January 21, 2027 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Shoah Memorial:
Friday, January 15, 2027 from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.,
Tuesday, February 2, 2027 from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

€49 per group at the Shoah Memorial.
Free at the National Archives.

The course will begin with the workshop at the National Archives.

The reservation of this inter-museum tour is made only with the Shoah Memorial:

Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. or reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org