Memory journey
The Memorial organizes guided tours in different places in the Paris region related to the history and memory of the Shoah.
Their names were Annette, Joseph, Dora: history(s) of the Jews in the 18th arrondissement [NEW]
Symbolized by the emblematic Montmartre, the 18th arrondissement
has managed to maintain its popular anchorage, enriched by a mosaic of cultures for more than a century.
This route proposes to trace the itinerary of three figures of the neighborhood: Joseph Joffo, hidden child, author
from Un sac de billes, the heroine of Patrick Modiano’s book, Dora Dolphin, deported without return, and Annette Landauer, rescued, arrested during the roundup
of the Vel d'Hiv. From the school on rue Ferdinand-Flocon to the synagogue of
the street Saint-Isaure, passing by the garden Léon-Serpolet and the boulevard Ornano, this route invites to the discovery of the unknown history
of Jews from the north of Paris.
1:30 Visit of the Shoah Memorial Lunch break
1:30 visit of the neighborhood
Rendez-vous place Jules-Joffrin (18th arrondissement.)
ROUTE "11,400 CHILDREN, PORTRAITS BY C215"
Work of the street-artist C215, this route pays tribute to the deported children from France arrested for the first time on 16 and 17 July 1942. These are fourteen stenciled portraits that come to adorn seven new mailboxes and join the radiant face of Simone Veil already drawn. From the streets of the Ile Saint-Louis to those of the Marais, this route proposes to evoke the history of the Shoah through the life and memory of these children of the neighborhood highlighted by the research of Serge Klarsfeld.
Duration: 2h
Meeting place: allée des Justes, in front of the Shoah Memorial in Paris
' LITERARY JOURNEY»
During and after the Shoah, in France as everywhere in Europe, many were those who took up the pen to say and tell the unspeakable. From testimony to fiction, from autobiography to theatre, from the newspaper to poetry, the power of the verb invites us to question and understand History. Why write? When to write and in what form? Around the Shoah Memorial and then within the museum, this route allows walking through the most beautiful pages of Simone Veil, Joseph Kessel, Robert Badinter, Hélène Berr, Patrick Modiano or even Primo Levi.
Duration: 2h
Meeting place: reception of the Shoah Memorial in Paris
Plaque in tribute to the volunteers, 68 rue Sedaine (11th arrondissement)
journey in the «little Istanbul»: the presence of Judeo-Spaniards in the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Started at the end of the 19th century, this immigration from Balkan Europe finds its place in the district Popincourt. From rue Sedaine to place Voltaire, passing through the synagogue on rue de la Roquette, streets, shops and cafés come to life under the pen of Ariane Bois in Le Monde d'Hannah which depicts the story of her mother, a Turkish Jew. The route is accompanied by excerpts from the book and allows retracing the history of the Judeo-Spaniards, from their settlement to the darker time of the persecutions of the Occupation.
date to come for the high schools of Île-de-France
date of your choice for the other high schools
Duration: 1 day
- 1h30 of visit to the Shoah Memorial in Paris in the morning
- 1h30 of visit to the neighborhood in the afternoon
Meeting place: at the foot of the July Column, Place de la Bastille
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
This route through the streets of Belleville, Saint-Fargeau and Gambetta allows us to understand the daily life of Jewish immigrants settled in these working-class neighborhoods. Artisans, fairground workers, often Yiddish-speaking, religious or secular, politically engaged or not, these newcomers become part of the life of the 20th arrondissement to which they infuse a new energy. First targeted during the raids of 1941 and 1942, the inhabitants of these neighborhoods include many resistance fighters.
date to come for the high schools of Île-de-France
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Duration: 1 day
- 1h30 of visiting the neighborhood in the morning
Meeting place: exit n°1 of the Belleville metro: 'Boulevard de Belleville'
- 1h30 of activity in the afternoon
Choice: 32 rue Ramponneau, life of a building at the Shoah Memorial in Paris
The red poster and Nazi propaganda at the Shoah Memorial in Paris
Charles Palant, destiny of the 20th arrondissement at the Shoah Memorial in Drancy
DISCOVER THE MEMORY PLACES OF THE SHOAH IN Île de France
During one day, the students are invited to put three sites created between 1994 and 2012 in Paris and Île-de-France into resonance, in order to safeguard and transmit the memory of the Holocaust in France. From the roundup of the Vel d'Hiv in Drancy, this journey sheds light on the process that led to the Shoah in France.
date to come for the high schools of Île-de-France
date of your choice for the other high schools
Duration: 1 day (3 activities)
In the morning:
1h of visit to the memorials of the Vel d'Hiv roundup
Meeting place: in front of the monument of Walter Spitzer, square de la Place-des-Martyrs-juifs-du-Vélodrome-d 'Hiver, promenade du quai de Grenelle, in the 15th arrondissement
Trip by metro then 1h30 of visit to the Shoah Memorial in Paris
In the afternoon:
Trip then 1h30 of visit to the Shoah Memorial in Drancy
'The red poster' © Shoah Memorial
WITH MONT-VALERIEN: destinies of resistants and hostage shootings
More than 1,000 men were shot at Mont-Valérien. History has long remembered the great deeds of the Resistance and the sacrifice of a life in the name of the fight against the Nazi occupier, but among them there were also hostages, often Jews and communists, condemned in retaliation. Students are invited to follow crossed destinies inscribed in the context of persecution and repression policies in France.
date to come for the high schools of Île-de-France
date of your choice for the other high schools
Duration: 1 day
1h30 of visit to the Shoah Memorial in Paris in the morning
Trip then 1h30 of visit to Mont-Valérien in the afternoon
Portrait of Hélène Berr in Aubergenville (Yvelines). France, 1942-1943. © Mémorial de la Shoah / Coll. Mariette Job
in the footsteps of helene berr
From April 1942 to February 1944, Hélène Berr, a young Jewish student, kept her diary in occupied Paris. Over the words, between relative carefreeness and anxiety, the young woman shares her daily life in the face of a trap that, step by step, closes in on her.
Her striking lucidity and her talent as a writer make Hélène Berr’s diary an unprecedented and precious testimony.
The journey is accompanied by the reading of excerpts from the Journal put into perspective with the situation of the Jews in Paris under the Occupation.
date to come for the high schools of Île-de-France
date of your choice for the other high schools
Duration: 1 day
1h30 of visit to the Shoah Memorial in Paris in the morning
1h30 of visit to the Latin Quarter in the afternoon
Meeting place: in front of the main entrance of the Luxembourg Garden, Edmond Rostand square in the 6th arrondissement
The QUARtier of the marsh: in the footsteps of Jewish life in Paris
The visit to the Shoah Memorial begins with a presentation of the places of remembrance and part of the permanent exhibition. The students then leave on the traces of Jewish life in the historic heart of Paris, the Marais. By discovering synagogues, commemorative plaques and traditional businesses, from the early 20th century to the present day, the class follows the evolution of the Jewish district, the Pletzl.
date to come for the high schools of Île-de-France
date of your choice for the other high schools
Duration: 1 day
1h30 of visit to the Shoah Memorial in Paris in the morning
1h30 of visit to the Marais district in the afternoon
Meeting place: in front of the Saint-Paul metro
FOR ALL THE COURSES ABOVE
Duration: 1 day
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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Specific memory paths for middle school students in Paris
A specific memory course is offered free of charge to middle school students in the city of Paris. After a visit to the Paris Shoah Memorial, the students discover the Drancy Shoah Memorial, the site of the former internment camp, as well as the Bobigny station (subject to work in 2021-2022).
