The museum of art and history of Judaism MAHJ)

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.

PATH: ART AND MEMORY

For students from 2de to Terminale

This itinerary offers a reflection on the work of contemporary artists who have invested in the transmission of the memory of the Shoah, through the creation of monuments, installations and performances. In doing so, these creators question the links of our society with its recent past.

  • 1st session : Memory path and creation process at the MAHJ (duration: 2 hours 30 minutes)
  • 2nd session: thematic visit The construction of memory at the Shoah Memorial (duration: 2 hours)

COURSE: STOLEN OBJECTS, BROKEN LIVES

For students from the 3rd grade onwards

A key element in the exclusion of European Jews, spoliations are the prelude to the "Final Solution". This course proposes to discover how the "Aryanization" was implemented and, after the war, the complex restitution of stolen goods.

  • 1st session: thematic visit Vichy and the Jews at the Shoah Memorial in Paris
  • 2nd session: discovery tour Radiography of a museum at the MAHJ (duration: 2 hours)

CAREER: DESTINIES OF ARTISTS

For students from the 3rd grade onwards

Synonymous with encounters and artistic effervescence, the École de Paris brings together artists from very diverse backgrounds such as Marc Chagall or Amedeo Modigliani in the pre-war Montparnasse district. Witnessing the political upheavals of Europe in the 1930s, some artists, in France and abroad, call on viewers to react to this rise in violence. This tour proposes to discover the works of these artists who have marked the history of modern art with their imprint.

  • 1st session: Jewish artists from the École de Paris workshop (duration: 2 hours 30 minutes)
  • 2nd session: Artistic creation in wartime workshop at the Shoah Memorial in Paris (duration: 3 hours)

ITINERARY: From Dreyfus to Vichy

For students from 2de to Terminale

The repercussions of the Dreyfus affair find echoes in French society until World War II. From the end of the 19th century, when anti-Christian Judaism turned towards racialist anti-Semitism, the course at the MAHJ explores the mechanisms at work in France from the 1890s to the 1940s in the stigmatization of Jews. At the Shoah Memorial, students walk through the streets of Ile Saint-Louis and those of the Marais through the work of the street artist C215. They follow the itineraries of children deported from France who were arrested for the first time on 16 and 17 July 1942. These are 15 portraits made with stencils that come to embellish 7 new mailboxes and join the radiant face of Simone Veil already drawn.

  • 1st session at the MahJ: course-workshop Opinion, media, and debates during the Dreyfus Affair (1864-1906) (duration: 2.5 hours)
  • 2nd session at the Shoah Memorial: itinerary 11,400 children, portraits by C215 (duration: 1 hour 30 minutes)

Duration: 1 day or 2 half-days
Places: Museum of Art and History of Judaism and Shoah Memorial.
Rate: €49 or €69 per group at the Memorial for visits and €40 or €50 per group at the MAHJ

It is preferable to book with both institutions at least two months in advance.

Shoah Memorial – Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm or reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org
mahJ – booking via the online form available on www.mahj.org, teachers' section