Memory path

Le Mémorial organizes guided tours in different places in the Paris region related to the history and memory of the Shoah.

Depending on the itinerary, the discovery of these districts can be completed with a 1.5-hour visit to the memorial sites and permanent exhibition at the Paris or Drancy Memorial.

The meeting places are indicated at the time of booking.

From here and elsewhere: the Jews of the 11th arrondissement

For students from 9th to 12th grade 

Themes: Jewish cultures, immigrations, Jewish life, raids, resistance, memories.

Historical periods: Interwar period, World War II.

Media: Testimonies, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1:45

85 YEARS AFTER THE HIV OUTBREAK

From the Dreyfus affair to the Vel d'Hiv roundup – NEW!

For students from 9th to 12th grade 

Themes: Assimilation, antisemitism, exclusion, collaboration, roundup, memory.

Historical periods: 19th century, WWII.

Media: Testimonies, musical excerpts, video clips, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

A short trip by metro is planned. Please provide the students with a ticket.

Duration: 2 hours

in the footsteps of Hélène berr

For students from 9th to 12th grade 

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

Historical period: WWII.

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

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1:45

Their names were Annette, Joseph, Dora: history(s) of the Jews in the 18th arrondissement

For students from 3rd to 12th grade

Themes: Jewish cultures, Jewish life, yellow star, Vel d'Hiv roundup, rescue, memoirs.

Historical periods: Interwar period, World War II.

Supports: Literary excerpts (Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano, A bag of marbles by Joseph Joffo), testimonies, video clips, archival documents (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1:45

THE QUARtier of the Marais: in the footsteps of Jewish life in Paris

For students from 3rd to 12th grade

Themes: Jewish cultures, immigrations, Jewish life, Judaism, raids, rescue, memoirs.

Historical periods: Middle Ages, contemporary history.

supports: Testimonies, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Your memory is their only grave: the monuments of Père-Lachaise

For students from 9th to 12th grade 

Themes: Art, memoirs, deportation, camps.

Historical period World War II.

Media: Geographical map, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1:45

A 1h30 artistic creation activity where students are invited to reflect on the design of a place of memory can be proposed, in addition, at the Memorial.

Fresco in tribute to the group Manouchian, rue du SurmelinFresque in tribute to the group Manouchian, rue du Surmelin

Jewish lives in a popular neighborhood: Belleville and the 20th arrondissement of Paris – CNRD

For students from 3rd to 12th grade

Themes: Jewish cultures, immigration, Jewish life, raids, resistance, propaganda, memories

Historical periods: Interwar period, World War II.

Media: Testimonies, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

Duration: 1:45

A short metro journey is planned during the course. Please provide students with a ticket.

A 1.5-hour activity at the Paris or Drancy Memorial can be offered in addition. You have the choice:

• "32 rue Ramponeau, life of the inhabitants of a building from the 20th arrondissement": work in small groups on family archive documents and restitution.

• "The Red Poster": study on the propaganda and some backgrounds of members of the Manouchian group.

• "Charles Palant, un enfant du quartier" (at the Drancy Memorial): work based on archives and an excerpt of filmed testimony.

Jews of France: two millennia of history

For students from 3rd to 12th grade

Themes: Jewish cultures, Jewish life, anti-Judaism, antisemitism, the Dreyfus affair, the Vel d'Hiv roundup, memory.

Historical periods: Middle Ages, contemporary history.

Media: Testimonies, paintings, video excerpts, sound clips, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activities: Delivery of an activity booklet to each student, creation of an exhibition panel in a small group.

Accompanied by the guides of the Shoah Memorial and their teachers, the students are divided into 3 groups in Paris:

  • 1st group: From the Middle Ages to the French Revolution.
  • 2nd group: From emancipation to the discovery of the Jewish world in the 19th century.
  • Group 3: From the Dreyfus case to the Holocaust.

A metro journey is planned during route n°3. Please provide the students with a ticket.

Meet at the Memorial in the afternoon for a discovery of the places of memory and a restitution in the form of an exhibition of posters made by groups.

Travel time: 2 hours – Playback time: 2 hours

Dates: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (12 p.m. to 2 p.m.)

  • Friday, October 16, 2026,

  • Thursday, December 17, 2026,

  • Tuesday, January 12, 2027

  • Tuesday, April 20, 2027,

  • Tuesday, June 1, 2027,

85 YEARS AFTER THE HIV OUTBREAK

DISCOVER THE SITES OF MEMORY OF THE SHOAH IN Île de France

For students from 3rd to 12th grade

Themes: Memory, Vel d'Hiv roundup, antisemitism, Drancy camp, internment.

Historical periods: World War II, contemporary history.

Media: Testimonies, video clips, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activities: Presentation of an activity booklet to each student.

1) Visit of the places of memory of the Vel d'Hiv roundup in the 15th arrondissement.

2) Visit to the memorial sites and permanent exhibition of the Shoah Memorial (Paris).

3) Visit to the memorial sites and permanent exhibition of the Shoah Memorial (Drancy).

Travel is planned to reach the memorials. Please provide students with transport tickets.

Duration of visits: between 1 and 1.5 hours, with the possibility to do only visit no. 1.

For the love of France: Badinter, Basch, Camondo... stories of commitment

From January 2027

Level: from 9th to 12th grade

Themes: Emancipation, assimilation, citizenship, human rights, exclusion, deportation.

Historical periods: 19th century, WWII.

Media: Testimonies, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

Activity: Delivery of an activities booklet to each student.

A short trip by metro is planned. Please provide the students with a ticket.

Duration: 1:45

FOR ALL THE ABOVE COURSES

Reservations: Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 or reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org

Afternoon travel is the responsibility of the institutions (except for high schools in Île-de-France on the proposed date), meals not included.

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