Guided tours

VISIT of the permanent exhibition and the Memorial

During the visit, students discover the Wall of Names, the crypt, and the exhibition on the fate of the Jews in. Europe and the role of the Vichy regime during the Second World War. Several themes are discussed, including the history of antisemitism, the major phases of the genocide, memories and their evolution.

Duration: 1h30

VISIT-MEETING

  • It includes a general visit of 1 hour 30 minutes followed by a meeting with a witness of 1 hour 45: former deportee, hidden child. This singular moment allows for a dialogue with the students. In the absence of the witness, an excerpt from the filmed testimony is presented.

Duration : 3h30
Minimum 2 classes – about 50 students

VISIT OF THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS

Auschwitz-Birkenau as seen by Raymond Depardon

> Until November 9, 2025

How the Nazis photographed their crimes. Auschwitz 1944

> Until November 16, 2025

Claude Lanzmann, the recordings

> From December 11, 2025

Simone Veil. My sisters and I

> From January 2026

Exhibition on the photos of the green ticket roundup

> From May 2026

Duration: 1h30

STUDY VISIT OF A FILMED TESTIMONY

The Memorial offers the study of a filmed testimony broadcast after the visit. The activity is led by the guide using a questionnaire. The proposed themes and testimonials are:

  • The end of the Holocaust and the Nazi concentration camp universe. Surviving, testifying, judging (1944-1948) – CNRD

  • The Vel d'Hiv roundup (Journey of three children, testimonies made by the USC Shoah Foundation)

  • The genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda: the journey of two surviving teenagers

Duration : 2 hours and 30 minutes
(the study of the filmed testimony lasts 1 hour)

Combined visit of the Paris and Drancy Shoah Memorials

  • Visit of 1 hour 30 minutes to the Shoah Memorial in Paris
  • Travel to Drancy (transport and meals at the expense of the establishments)
  • Visit of 1 hour 30 minutes to the Shoah Memorial in Drancy

Duration: 1 day

Booking : at least two months in advance reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org
Information: Tel: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
For IDF high school students, transport between Paris and Drancy is covered by the Memorial upon registration. The dates will be specified later on our website.

Touch Visit

School audience: visually impaired or blind

For students from 9th to 12th grade

Accompanied by a guide, the participants discover the different spaces of the institution and also apprehend by touch the parvis, the crypt and the Wall of Names. Audio testimonies of former deportees, administrative archives of the Shoah transcribed in Braille, as well as objects from our collections (textile, engraved metal or wood) help the group to approach the different stages of the "Final Solution" in Europe and in France.

Themes: History and memories of the Shoah, collaboration in France, deportation, Just.

Historical period: WWII.

Media: Audio testimonies, archives transcribed in Braille, engraved metal objects, wood or textile from our collections.

Duration: 2 hours

ITINERARY OF JEWISH FAMILIES DURING THE WAR

The Shoah Memorial offers guided tours adapted to teachers' educational projects (allophone students, European sections, Segpa, ULIS...). Through the journey of Charlotte Storch and Renée Lyszka, children hidden in occupied and free zones, visitors discover the major stages of the genocide of the Jews.

Adapted guided tours

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Information and reservations: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org or at 01 53 01 17 26

at the discovery of the memorial

For students from 9th to 12th grade

Themes: History, memoirs, microhistory, museology, architecture. historical periods World War II, contemporary history.

Supports: Monuments, archival documents, testimonies.

Activity: Using an investigation notebook, walking through the spaces and analyzing documents independently. Restitution with the Memorial’s guides. The memorial sites and the museum will be entirely dedicated to classes.

This activity is particularly in line with the recommendations aimed at organizing a historical or memorial visit related to racism, anti-Semitism or anti-Gypsyism.

Duration: 2h15

Dates:

  • Thursday, October 16, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • Tuesday, December 16, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • Tuesday, February 17, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

  • Tuesday, June 2, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Price: 99€

Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm or reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org

Activities must be paid by check or transfer before the arrival of the groups.

Mandatory reservation at least 2 months in advance to: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org

Information: Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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