Memory journey

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

Depending on the route, the discovery of these districts can be completed with a 1 hour and 30-minute visit to the memorial sites and the 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 district

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade 

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

Historical periods: Interwar, World War II.

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

Activity: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

Duration: 1 h 45

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

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade 

Themes: Art, memoirs, deportation, camps.

Historical period Second World War.

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

Activity: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

Duration: 1 h 45

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

Portrait of Hélène Berr in Aubergenville (Yvelines). France, 1942-1943. © Mémorial de la Shoah / Coll. Mariette Job

in the footsteps of helene berr

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade 

Themes: Literature, Jewish life, anti-Semitism, yellow star, Vel d'Hiv roundup, memory.

Historical period: World War II.

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

Activity: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

Duration: 1 h 45

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

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade

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

Historical periods: Interwar, World War II.

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

Activity: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

Duration: 1 h 45

The QUARtier of the marsh: in the footsteps of Jewish life in Paris

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade

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

Historical periods: Middle Ages, contemporary history.

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

Activity: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

Duration: 1 h 30

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

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade

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

Historical periods: Interwar, World War II.

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

Activity: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

Duration: 1 h 45

A trip by metro is planned during the route. Please provide the students with a ticket. A 1h30 activity at the Paris or Drancy Memorial can be proposed in addition. Your choice:

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

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

• 'Charles Palant, a child from the neighborhood' (at the Drancy Memorial): work based on archives and an excerpt of filmed testimony.

Jews of France: two millennia of History

For students from 9th grade 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 extracts, sound clips, archives (photographs, administrative documents).

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

Accompanied by the Shoah Memorial guides 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.
  • 3rd group: From the Dreyfus case to the Shoah.

A trip by metro is planned during route n°3. Please provide the students with a transport 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 created by groups.

Journey duration: 2 h – Restitution duration: 2 h

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

  • Thursday 16 October 2025
  • Tuesday, December 16, 2025
  • Tuesday 17 February 2026
  • Thursday 16 April 2026
  • Tuesday, June 2, 2026

DISCOVER THE PLACES OF MEMORY OF THE SHOAH IN Île-de-France

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade

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

Historical periods: World War II, contemporary history.

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

Activities: Delivery of a booklet of activities to each student.

1) Visit of the memorial sites 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).

Trips are planned to reach the memorials. Please provide students with transport tickets.

Duration of visits: between 1 h and 1 h 30 with the possibility to only do visit n°1.

'The red poster' © Shoah Memorial

WITH MONT-VALERIEN: destinies of resistants and hostage shootings

For students from 9th grade to 12th grade

Themes: Resistance, anti-Semitism, roundups, Drancy camp, internment, memoirs.

Historical period: World War II.

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

Activity: Thematic visit to the memorial sites and permanent exhibition of the Shoah Memorial (Paris).

Duration: 1 h 30

Visit of Mont-Valérien to book separately.

FOR ALL THE COURSES ABOVE

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

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

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