the Strasbourg Academy and the Shoah Memorial strengthen their bond

The Strasbourg Academy and the Shoah Memorial reinvent historical transmission to forge tomorrow’s citizens. A renewed partnership where scientific expertise meets educational commitment to fight against forgetting.

Week of education and actions against racism and antisemitism: discover the program for school children

Launch of the NESHAMA program: Network of European Youth Ambassadors for Shoah Remembrance

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Neshama: European youth unite for memory

Can history be entrusted to the hands of the new generation? This is the challenge of the Neshama project.

Launched this Sunday in Paris, this European program brings together young people from five countries to transform the duty of remembrance into a living commitment. Between schools, historical sites and institutions, discover how these future ambassadors are about to take up the challenge of transmission.

The Clermont-Ferrand Academy is committed to the Shoah Memorial

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Beyond teaching, a promise of memory.

Discover the meaning and scope of the historic agreement signed between the Academy of Clermont-Ferrand and the Shoah Memorial, a fundamental partnership for the education of tomorrow’s citizens.

What to do at the Shoah Memorial during the winter holidays?

During the school holidays, from December 20, 2025 to January 5, 2026, the educational team of the Shoah Memorial offers you a series of activities for children in Paris.

“A testimony for memory” brings together 200 people with the Shoah Memorial and the UEJB

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The Shoah Memorial and the UEJB joined forces with the Université Libre de Bruxelles for an essential evening of transmission. Discover the powerful impact of Lily Keller-Rosenberg’s testimony, which moved and brought together more than 200 people.

CNRD: a Study Day on the End of the Shoah and Post-War for teachers

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Thematic secondary training for secondary teachers

Renewal of the agreement between the Shoah Memorial and the Aix-Marseille Academy

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On Friday, November 7, 2025, the Shoah Memorial and the Aix-Marseille Academy renewed their partnership agreement. This aims to strengthen teacher training and educational workshops for students, by extending a commitment initiated in 2022.

Teachers' Open Days 2025 – Back in pictures

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The Shoah Memorial looks back on its Open Days (Drancy and Paris), moments of privileged exchanges with teachers.

CNRD 2025-2026: The Shoah Memorial in training with teachers in Toulouse

Outside the walls

Rendez-vous in Toulouse on November 5, 2025 at the Musée de la Résistance in Toulouse to decipher the theme of the upcoming National Resistance and Deportation Competition (CNRD) for teachers.

“The Shoah as a starting point”: a European system for teaching history, from Paris to Vilnius

In the face of divergent historical narratives in Europe, the program "Shoah as a starting point" of the Shoah Memorial is an essential device. This pan-European network trains teachers to develop innovative teaching methods. The article notably details the recent session in Vilnius, which allowed Baltic professors to discuss local challenges of memory and teaching about the Shoah. Discover how history is transmitted on a continental scale.

Artificial Intelligence, Education & History at the Shoah Memorial

exceptional meeting

How can Artificial Intelligence become an essential ally for the transmission of history, especially that of the Holocaust?

The Memorial invites you to a deep reflection on the opportunities and ethical issues of AI in education and memory, led by experts in technology and pedagogy.

Visit by Julien Charles, prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis, to the Shoah Memorial in Drancy

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The Shoah Memorial in Drancy welcomed the Prefect Julien Charles for a special visit. Discover the memorial tool that he was the first official to inaugurate: the innovative "Table of destinies".

Renewal of the partnership agreement between the Nice Academy and the Shoah Memorial

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On Monday 6 October, the Shoah Memorial and the Nice Academy renewed their partnership agreement.

The Academy of Corsica and the Shoah Memorial renew their partnership

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The Academy of Corsica and the Shoah Memorial renew their essential partnership against racism and antisemitism. Discover how this convention strengthens the training of students through trips to memory (Auschwitz) and major educational actions in Corsica.

Transmission and commitment: the new 2025-2026 educational offer of the Shoah Memorial

Discover the new 2025-2026 educational brochure proposed by the Shoah Memorial

Memory, transmission, future: the Shoah Memorial is anchored in Nice

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On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the foundation stone for the future Shoah Memorial Museum in Nice was laid, notably in the presence of Serge Klarsfeld and Mayor Christian Estrosi.

"Auschwitz-Birkenau as seen by Raymond Depardon: educational guided tour at the Shoah Memorial"

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On Thursday, September 25 and Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the educational teams of the Shoah Memorial invite journalism, film, and photography schools to discover the exhibition "Auschwitz-Birkenau as seen by Raymond Depardon" 

The Shoah Memorial at the "La Fabrique de la Diplomatie" Forum

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The Shoah Memorial participated in the "La Fabrique de la Diplomatie" Forum on September 5 and 6, 2025, in Paris, with an exhibition on the genocide of the Tutsi.
The institution presented its actions in terms of memory, transmission of history and fight against racism and anti-Semitism.

Commissioner Magnus Brunner visiting the Shoah Memorial

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Visiting the Shoah Memorial, Magnus Brunner paid tribute to the victims by exploring the sites of remembrance before concluding with a wreath deposit and the signing of the guest book.

Dive into the heart of history with the guided tours filmed at the Memorial

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The Memorial offers a unique experience for all those who wish to discover or rediscover its exhibitions: a YouTube playlist with filmed guided tours, designed to allow everyone to immerse themselves in the great pages of history, wherever they are.

6th national meeting of the ambassadors of memory

Committed high school students, designated as Ambassadors of Memory, participated from January 25 to 27, 2025, in workshops, memorial visits, and moving exchanges with survivors, notably in Paris and Drancy.

Back in pictures on this 6th national meeting of the Ambassadors of Memory.

26th Summer University of the Shoah Memorial: training teachers in the transmission of memory

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From July 5 to 10, 2025, the Shoah Memorial organized seminars for teachers to deepen the teaching of the Holocaust with the support of experts and educational visits.

Feedback on the national seminar of "racism and antisemitism" referents from higher education and research

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On July 4, 2025, a national seminar brought together stakeholders from higher education to strengthen the fight against racism and antisemitism.

Franco-German training in Berlin, as part of the "Shoah as a starting point" programme

From 29 to 31 May 2025, the Wannsee Conference House and the Shoah Memorial are organizing a Franco-German dialogue as part of the "The Shoah as a starting point" program.

Les Immortels, the educational file

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On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, the Shoah Memorial presents an educational kit based on a series of five original short films directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.

Week of education and actions against racism, antisemitism, and anti-LGBT+ hatred

Participate in a week of exchanges and reflection at the Shoah Memorial, with workshops, meetings and memory trails to better understand and fight against racism and antisemitism.

Discover the educational activities offered by the Shoah Memorial during the week of education and actions against racism and antisemitism

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In March 2025, the Shoah Memorial recommits itself and offers free activities for school audiences.

Awareness and remembrance: an essential program for educational actors in the Île-de-France region

Discover a unique program to raise awareness of the values of the Republic and the duty to remember, offered by the Shoah Memorial and the Île-de-France Region. Intended for educational actors, it includes training and a trip to Auschwitz to deepen the reflection. An essential initiative to pass on history and fight against discrimination.

Discover the new 2024-2025 educational brochure

Workshops, screenings, exceptional encounters, guided tours... discover the new 2024-2025 educational brochure of the Shoah Memorial

Attend the Open Days for teachers at the Shoah Memorial in Paris and Drancy

pedagogy

The educational teams of the Shoah Memorial welcome you and present the new 2024-2025 educational offer at the Shoah Memorial in Paris and Drancy.

CNRD 2024-2025: "Liberating and Rebuilding France (1943-1945)"

Discover the theme of the CNRD for the year 2024-2025: "Liberate and Rebuild France (1943-1945)"

The Shoah Memorial in Rwanda

From June 6 to 13, 2024, on the occasion of the 30’s commemorations^e anniversary of the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Shoah Memorial organized the first trip to Rwanda for the "general public".

Take part in the scientific seminar: 80 years after the end of the camp: what is the status of research? And how to pass on this story?

at the Drancy Shoah Memorial

From October 21 to 22, 2024, attend the Scientific Seminar: 80 years after the end of the camp: what is the status of research? And how to pass on this story? at the Shoah Memorial in Drancy

Attend the training on the history and teaching of the Holocaust and slavery

international relations

As part of the European initiative under the Shoah Memorial as a starting point, the Shoah Memorial offers you a training session in Barcelona from April 19 to 21, 2024

Discover the activities of the Shoah Memorial during the winter holidays

during the 2024 winter holidays

During the school holidays, from 10 to 26 February 2024, the educational team of the Shoah Memorial offers a series of activities for children in Paris and Drancy.

Explore the Shoah Memorial with Pass Culture

The Shoah Memorial and Pass Culture are pleased to invite you to a guided tour on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 6:45 p.m.

Discover the memory paths in Paris

On the occasion of the "Parisian Week against Racism and Anti-Semitism" and organized with the City of Paris, participate in the upcoming memory trails in Paris.

Better understand history and become a citizen. Discover the program of activities for children during the school holidays.

pedagogy

During the school holidays, the educational team of the Shoah Memorial offers various workshops adapted to the concerns and sensitivity of young audiences at the Paris and Drancy Shoah Memorial

Take part in the next study trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau

pedagogy

For high school students

Attend the Open Days for teachers at the Shoah Memorial in Paris and Drancy

The educational teams of the Shoah Memorial welcome you and present the new 2023-2024 educational offer at the Shoah Memorial in Paris and Drancy.

Discover the new educational brochure of the Shoah Memorial

Educational workshops, exhibitions, training sessions, guided tours... discover the 2023-2024 educational brochure of the Shoah Memorial

Take part in the literary explorations of the Shoah Memorial

In partnership with the mahJ.

Take part in the literary explorations of the Shoah Memorial

In partnership with the mahJ.

Renewal of the agreement between the Rennes Academy and the Shoah Memorial

Back in images on the renewal of the agreement between the Rennes academy and the Shoah Memorial.

Thursday, March 23, 2023, the Shoah Memorial signs an agreement with the academies of Reims and Nancy-Metz

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Back in images on the signing of the new agreement between the academies of Reims, Metz-Nancy and the Shoah Memorial.

Monday, March 20, 2023, the Shoah Memorial signs a partnership agreement with the Versailles Academy

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Back in images on the signing of the partnership agreement with the Versailles academy.

"Remembrance is inseparable from the fight against anti-Semitism and racism," said Pap Ndiaye, Minister of National Education and Youth.

Back in images on the visit of Pap Ndiaye, Minister of National Education and Youth, to the Shoah Memorial in Drancy.

Commemoration of 80 years of the Warsaw ghetto uprising

Educational activities program from April 18 to 21, 2023

Discover our educational program for the Week of education and actions against racism and antisemitism

pedagogy

Screening-meeting, cinema, theater play, testimonies, workshops and guided tours ... discover the new program of educational activities for the week against racism and antisemitism.

"Approach of non-violent communication in adult education in historical museums and places of memory" Erasmus+ project

Sign up for our upcoming pedagogical memory trips

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Take part in our next memory trips to Auschwitz in January and March 2026.

Take part in the upcoming teacher training sessions at the Shoah Memorial

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In January 2023, discover our upcoming teacher training programs.

During the school holidays, take part in guided family tours offered by the Shoah Memorial

pedagogy

Visit the new exhibition "Spirou in the Turmoil of the Shoah" during the school holidays.

Free admission, upon registration.

For families (children from 10 years old)

Exceptional testimonies of Félicité Lyamukuru and Franck Kamali, two survivors of the genocide of the Tutsi

Unpublished! Take part in the exceptional testimonies of two survivors of the genocide of the Tutsi

Thematic training day on the theme of the 2022-2023 national resistance and deportation competition

Participate in our training day on the theme of CNRD 2022-2023

Take part in our thematic visits on the history of North African Jews during the Second World War

pedagogy

for students from Third to Final

Training course "Art and the Shoah, creating to resist"

pedagogical internship

Take part in the training course for teachers of German and professors in charge of art history/ the Paris academy

Participate in the activities offered by the Shoah Memorial during school holidays

schools

Workshops, screenings, meetings, visits ... discover the program of activities offered by the educational teams of the Shoah Memorial for the All Saints' Day holidays.

The new program of pedagogical activities and teacher training is available

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2022-2023

Take part in the next Open Days for Shoah Memorial Teachers

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Discover the new 2022-2023 educational offer for the Shoah Memorial of Paris and Drancy

“Vers une mémoire 2.0” broadcast presented by Guillaume Pley and Mamouz

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See you on Monday, September 12 at 7 p.m. live on the YouTube channel of the Shoah and Brut Memorial.

Participate in the next Literary Explorations

As part of the European Heritage Days

In collaboration with the MAHJ

Take part in the inaugural conference of the Toulouse summer university

As part of the summer university of the Shoah Memorial

Free admission, upon registration.

Monday, June 13, 2022, the Shoah Memorial signs an agreement with the Aix-Marseille Academy

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"Histoire(s) en série", the new educational web series of the Shoah Memorial

pedagogy

Discover the new educational web series of the Shoah Memorial, "Histoire(s) en série".

Discover the Journal of the Region

The Memorial in France

Since 2003, this journal, solely devoted to the Shoah, has been produced by the Conseil Régional d'Île-de-France in collaboration with the Mémorial de la Shoah which, drawing on its extensive documentary collection, provides the texts and photos that make up the journal.

During the school holidays, take part in the activities offered by the Shoah Memorial

visit, workshop, screenings, participate with your children in the activities of the Shoah Memorial during the spring school holidays

Back in images on the testimony of Annie Beck, April 7 and 8, 2022 at Capdenac-Gare

Week of education and actions against racism and antisemitism: discover the educational activities at the Shoah Memorial

On the occasion of the week of education and actions against racism and antisemitism, discover the educational activities of the Memorial

from March 28 to 29, 2022

During the school holidays, take part in our intergenerational visits on the theme "Make way for resistance"

During school holidays, the Shoah Memorial and the Liberation Museum of Paris – Musée du Général Leclerc – Musée Jean Moulin offer a program of linked visits on the resistance movements in Paris during the Second World War.

A cultural journey to live in family from 10 to 110 years.

“Toulouse at the time of the Second World War” by the Shoah Memorial

As part of the European Heritage Days on Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19, 2021

Transmit the history of the Shoah today

Online educational conference for middle and high school students

Educational activities around the "Green Ticket" roundup

Raid on the green note of May 14, 1941

Educational activity

If Yvette Lévy were told to me ...

As part of the week of education and actions against racism and antisemitism, four students from the school group of L'Assomption in Bondy met Yvette Lévy at the Drancy Memorial and conducted a long interview with her.

Take part in the next online educational conference

Online educational conference: In the footsteps of a little girl from the Vel d'Hiv: the story of Annette Muller

Discover the web series on The genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda

Video conference training: 

Teaching the history of the Holocaust

in France

Week of education and actions against racism and anti-Semitism: the Memorial intensifies its actions for school audiences 

Visit the Jewish Marsh with your family

Family tour of the Jewish Marsh throughout the month of March 2021. 

Conferences between the Occitanie high schools and the Shoah Memorial

Partnership between the Shoah Memorial, the Occitanie Region, the Occitanie Academic Region and the Rivesaltes Camp Memorial for January 27: Ginette Kolinka and Annette Wieviorka intervene in front of nearly 400 students and a hundred teachers from 14 high schools in the region.

Films proposed around the commemoration of January 27, 1945

On the occasion of the international day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, January 27, 2021, we offer you two exceptional films.

International day dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust

commemorative events for educational purposes

around January 27, 2021

Feedback on the program "The Shoah as a starting point"

Video testimony of Ginette Kolinka and Milo Adoner

Pedagogy

On the occasion of the commemoration of the discovery of the camps on January 27, 1945, we offer you a video testimony from Ginette Kolinka and Milo Adoner accompanied by an educational file to be studied with your students.

"The Shoah as a starting point"

The Memorial with you

If you are unable to go to the Memorial, our teaching staff can arrange offers at your school in Île-de-France.

Let’s fight against disinformation of children on the internet

New awareness campaign of the Memorial: fight against disinformation of children on the internet

Online educational conferences

November 19 and November 27, 2020, participate in two free online educational conferences.

In partnership with the Hauts-de-Seine department

France-Germany dialogue: the Holocaust as a starting point

December 10, 14, 16 and 17, 2020

The Wannsee Conference House and the Shoah Memorial organize on 10, 14, 16 and 17 December an online training.

Crystal Night

The Lycée de Tous les Talents

Since 2018, the Shoah Memorial has been committed to an innovative path of success at the Clermont-Ferrand Academy, the "Lycée de Tous les Talents".

Tribute to Samuel Paty by Robert Badinter

Robert Badinter addressed the students this morning: "Let’s salute Samuel Paty, hero of secularism".

A Bag of Marbles – a film by Christian Duguay

One-time screening this Thursday, July 16, 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the film "A Bag of Marbles" by Christian Duguay (2017)

Les gamins de Ménilmontant - a film by Antarès Bassis and Pascal Auffray

From 12 to 19 July 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the film "Menilmontant’s Children" by Antarès Bassis and Pascal Auffray (2020)

Program for the Commemoration of the Vel d'Hiv roundup

Edda Maillet, lehaim, à la vie – a film by Claude Bochurberg

From 5 to 12 July 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see the film "Edda Maillet, lehaim, à la vie" by Claude Bochurberg

Simone Veil, a French story – film by David Teboul

From 28 to 5 July 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see the film "Simone Veil, a French story" by David Teboul

Discover the podcast "Déconstruire les préjugés"

Kinderblock in Birkenau – a film by Chochana Boukhobza

From 21 to 28 June 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the documentary film "A kinderblock in Birkenau" by Chochana Boukhobza (2020)

Her name was Sarah – a film by Gilles Paquet-Brenner

From 14 to 21 June 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the film "Her name was Sarah" by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (2010)

Shoah Memorial is reopening its doors!

The Shoah Memorial reopens its doors on Sunday, June 14, 2020!

The origin of violence – a film by Elie Chouraqui

From May 31 to June 7, 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the documentary film "The Origin of Violence" by Elie Chouraqui (2015)

Chichinette, ma vie d'espionne – a film by Nicola Hens

From May 27 to June 4, 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to watch or rewatch the documentary film "Chichinette, my life as a spy" by Nicola Hens (2019)

Betty Marcusfeld – a film by Martine Bouquin

From May 24 to June 21, 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to watch the documentary film ‘Betty Marcusfeld” by Martine Bouquin (2014)

The INSTALIVES of the Shoah Memorial

The Shoah Memorial invites you to follow us on our Instagram account and our YouTube page.

Je Reviendrai – a film by Jean Barat

From 17 to 24 May 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to watch the documentary film “I will return” by Jean Barrat.

We will no longer go to Warsaw – a film by Gérard Alle and Sylvain Bouttet

From 10 to 23 May 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to watch the documentary film "We will no longer go to Warsaw" by Gérard Alle and Sylvain Bouttet

Nazi concentration camps – Exceptional dissemination

For one week, from May 3 to 9, 2020, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the documentary film "Nazi concentration camps"

Single session – Sunday at 5 p.m.: The heirs

A history teacher from the Lycée Léon-Blum in Créteil, decided to run the National Competition of Resistance and Deportation (CNRD), whose theme is "Children and adolescents in the Nazi concentration camp system", to a class of teenage dropouts that the school has abandoned for a long time. This experience will change their lives.

La Visite – a documentary film by Marc Grandsard

From May 18 to June 15, the Shoah Memorial invites you to see or watch again the documentary film "The Visit", by Marc Grandsard.

Single session – Thursday at 11:00 pm: A life separates us

The life of high school student Baptiste Antignani, who had felt nothing during the visit to the Auschwitz camp with his class, was turned upside down by his meeting with Denise Holstein. He made a film, Une vie nous sépare, co-directed with Raphaëlle Gosse-Gardet and produced by Federation Entertainment, and a book, published by Fayard.

Educational continuity: activities to do with the children

Alongside teachers and parents, the Memorial remains mobilized to ensure educational continuity and make its resources accessible to as many people as possible.

New educational brochure 2019-2020

By placing civic and citizen training at the heart of its project, and by weaving ever more partnerships with local communities in order to open up to a wider school audience, the Shoah Memorial reaffirms loudly and clearly its mission of teaching and education.

New educational offer 2019-2020

Discover the 2019-2020 educational brochure. As part of the new high school programs (Second and First), the Shoah Memorial offers a new educational offer.

2nd educational meeting in Lisbon

The Observatory of European Memories (Eurom), the association Mémoshoa and the Shoah Memorial organized in Lisbon on 25 and 26 April the second educational meetings for 40 teachers from the Iberian peninsula.

First educational meetings between Albanians, Serbs and Northern Macedonians

The Shoah Memorial, the Albanian association of history teachers, the Memorial of the Jews of Macedonia and the Ministry of Education of Serbia organized from 26 to 28 March 2019 in Skopje, the first educational meetings bringing together 45 teachers from the three countries.

Signing of a new agreement with the Versailles academy

On February 12, 2019, Charline Avenel, rector of the Versailles Academy met with Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, for the signing of a new partnership agreement between the Memorial and the academy, which includes the training of students and teachers as well as the training of managers, a novelty.

First meeting of the network of European coordinators involved in transnational training within the "Shoah as a starting point" programme.

The first meeting of the network of European coordinators engaged in transnational trainings within the program "Shoah as a starting point" took place on 11 January 2019 in Belgrade.

5th educational meetings for 45 Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian teachers

The Shoah Memorial, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia organized from 8 to 10 January in the premises of the French Institute in Belgrade the 5th educational meetings for 45 teachers Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian

First regional meeting between Spanish and Portuguese teachers

The Shoah Memorial, the European Memory Observatory EUROM and the association Memoshoah organized at the University of Barcelona the first regional meeting between Spanish and Portuguese teachers on 15 and 16 November 2018.

Training for students in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Shoah Memorial organized, on 6 and 7 December 2018, a training module on the comparative approach to genocide and mass crimes for 50 students in the Bosnian capital.

"The Holocaust as a starting point": two operations in Sofia and Zagreb

The second Bulgarian-Macedonian educational meeting took place in Sofia from 12 to 14 September 2018, then in Zagreb from 2 to 4 October 2018.

Franco-Polish educational workshop

Sulejowek, from Sunday 21 to Thursday 25 October 2018

The Shoah Memorial is organizing, in partnership with the Polish Center for the Development of Education (ORE), a Franco-Polish pedagogical workshop to be held from 21 to 25 October 2018 at the manor of Sulejowek, near Warsaw.

Participation of classes in ceremonies to read the names of deportees

In 2018 and 2019, the 75th anniversary of the departure of the convoys from 1943 and 1944, students can participate in these ceremonies as a continuation of the educational work carried out in class.

Have a good start to the 2018-2019 academic year!

There will be discussions about new workshops, new courses, and new training programs for teachers at our various sites, as well as outside the building. With, in the background, ever more established partnerships with cultural and museum institutions but also with local communities...

Dialogue between Italian, Croatian and Slovenian teachers

For the first time, Croatian, Slovenian and Italian teachers came together under the aegis of the Shoah Memorial, in order to discuss the genocidal policies against Jewish communities and the difficult way out of the war in the northern Adriatic, which continues to fuel tensions in this region.

Seminar in Belarus

The Shoah Memorial intervened for the first time in Belarus. This training seminar for 40 local teachers was organized in partnership with the BWI Historical Workshop.

Seminar in Belarus

Seminar in Dakar for professors of West African history

The Shoah Memorial and the Agency for French Education Abroad organized a seminar in Dakar (Senegal) on 11 and 12 April 2018 for all history teachers from West Africa teaching in the French system.

Seminar in Dakar for professors of West African history

Seminar for history teachers in Dakar

Training for teachers in Portugal in April 2018

At the request of the Portuguese Ministry of Education, the Shoah Memorial intervened for 3 days in Braga from 5 to 7 April 2018 for 30 teachers from northern Portugal.

New: inter-museum tour with La maison Rouge

On the occasion of the exhibition Ceija Stojka, a Roma artist in the century

On the occasion of the exhibition Ceija Stojka, une artiste rom dans le siècle presented from 23 February to 20 May 2018 at La maison rouge, two crossed paths between La maison Rouge and the Memorial are offered to students aged 10 to 18 on the history and culture of Gypsies in France and Austria. This exhibition will be one of the last of La maison Rouge which will close its doors in October 2018, an event not to be missed!

Around the 2018 Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Shoah Memorial

As part of the Holocaust Remembrance Day, several events took place at the Shoah Memorial in Paris and Drancy on 25 and 26 January 2018. Discover these moments in pictures.

3rd edition of the Italian University in Berlin

The third edition of the Italian University organized by the Shoah Memorial in Berlin took place from 2 to 7 December 2017, with 26 Italian history professors attending on the theme: Rethinking and teaching the history of Nazism.

Training days for teachers in Thessaloniki

For the first time, the Ministries of Education of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have cooperated directly in a regional partnership initiated and supported by the Shoah Memorial.

Training course for ESABAC network staff in Cattolica

A training course, intended for institutions in Central Italy and bringing together Italian and French speakers, was held in Cattolica from 8 to 11 November 2017.

Serbia: The Memorial co-organizes a training for 40 teachers

From 20 to 23 September 2017, the Shoah Memorial and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia organized a training focused on mass atrocities in the Balkans in Nis, southern Serbia for 40 teachers.

The Memorial signs a partnership agreement with the Academy of Poitiers, ESPE and the University of Poitiers

On Thursday 12 October 2017, the Shoah Memorial, the Poitiers Academy, the Higher School of Teaching and Education (ESPE) and the University of Poitiers signed an agreement.

Signing of an agreement with the Portuguese Ministry of Education

The Shoah Memorial and the Portuguese Ministry of Education signed a framework partnership agreement on Tuesday 19 September 2017.

Signing of an agreement between the academic region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and the Shoah Memorial

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, Bernard Beignier, Rector of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur academic region, Rector of the Marseille academy, Chancellor of the universities, Emmanuel Ethis, Rector of the Nice academy, Chancellor of the universities, and Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial, have signed a partnership agreement aimed at enabling many national education personnel to be specifically trained in teaching the history of the Holocaust and the genocides of the 20th century.

Transnational seminar in Skopje for Macedonian and Bulgarian teachers

The Shoah Memorial organized in Skopje, from 29 August to 2 September 2017, a transnational seminar bringing together 40 Macedonian and Bulgarian teachers, in cooperation with the Memorial of the Jews of Macedonia, the ministries of education of both countries involved, the association of history teachers from Bulgaria and the Macedonian ministry of foreign affairs.

Have a good start to school!

Transmitting the history of the Shoah is the essential mission of the Memorial. To carry it out, our institution intends to act with and alongside the professors, whose role is to teach history but also, and above all, to awaken consciences.

Training seminar for Latvian teachers

The Shoah Memorial and the Ministry of Education of Latvia organized from 4 to 6 July 2017 at the House of Europe in Riga a training seminar for 50 teachers.

Signing of a partnership agreement with the Bordeaux academy

A partnership agreement was signed in Bordeaux on Thursday 29 June 2017 by Olivier DUGRIP, rector of the Academy of Bordeaux, and Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial.

Future educators received training on genocide at the University of Barcelona

Nearly 40 students in education sciences and young researchers have followed the training "Genocides et atrocités de masse".  Educational and pedagogical tools on history and memories” co-organized by the European Observatory of Memories of the Solidarity UB Foundation, the Shoah Memorial and the Research Group Teaching History, Geography and other Social Sciences from the University of Barcelona on 11 and 12 May in Barcelona.

Training seminar: "The Shoah in the Balkans"

From 25 to 28 April, a training seminar was held at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in Sarajevo for teachers on the mass crimes committed during the Second World War in the Balkans.

Toulouse: inauguration of the workshops outside the walls and signing of an agreement

On the occasion of the inauguration of the off-site workshop campaign at the Shoah Memorial in the Toulouse Academy, on April 27, 2017, a partnership agreement was signed between the Shoah Memorial, the Toulouse Academy and the partner mutuals. (MGEN, Casden, MAE Solidarité, MAIF and ASL) to support these workshops in the academy.

First training operation in Greece

The Shoah Memorial has just completed its first training operation in Greece, in support of an initiative by the Greek Ministry of Education and the Jewish Museum in Athens.

Second edition of the Franco-Polish pedagogical workshop in Sulejowek from 13 to 17 February 2017

The result of a partnership between the Polish Education Agency and the Shoah Memorial, these meetings brought together 40 teachers.

Signing of partnership agreements with the academies of Nice and Montpellier

The Memorial signs agreements with the Academies of Nice and Montpellier in January and February 2017.

Publication: "Teaching resistance"

At a time when school curricula encourage greater awareness of civic engagement and the challenges of the Resistance, it became necessary to provide teachers with an up-to-date summary of knowledge from this period.

400 teachers at the Milan seminary

The Shoah Memorial organized a seminar in Milan on 24 November 2016, in partnership with the Associazione Gunnies della Shoah and the Memoriale della Shoah Binario31 of Milan.

Seminars for teachers in Belgrade and Skopje

The Shoah Memorial organized two training seminars for teachers in Belgrade (Serbia) and then in Skopje (Republic of Macedonia) in October 2016.

Signing of an agreement between the Memorial and the Nantes Academy

On Monday, September 19, 2016, Mr. William MAROIS, Rector of the Pays de la Loire Academic Region and the Nantes Academy, Chancellor of the Universities, and Jacques FREDJ, director of the Shoah Memorial, have signed a partnership agreement aimed at enabling many national education staff to be specifically trained in teaching about the Holocaust and the genocides of the 20th century.

Open Day for teachers

At the Shoah Memorial in Paris

The Shoah Memorial presents its 2016-2017 educational offer during two Open Doors afternoons at its two sites.

Activities for students of Seine-Saint-Denis

As part of an agreement signed between the Shoah Memorial and the General Council of Seine-Saint-Denis, many actions will be implemented at the Drancy Memorial from the start of the 2016 school year.

Have a great school year 2016-2017!

For more than 10 years, the Memorial has been involved in education not only by offering training sessions to teachers, but also educational activities for students, adapted to their age and sensitivity.

Multilateral training for the Baltic States

The Shoah Memorial and Yad Vashem have joined forces to offer the first joint training for teachers from the three Baltic countries to the Ministries of Education in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Teachers of the 1st and 2nd degree, registrations for the 2016 summer universities are open!

Around numerous conferences, screenings and workshops, issues related to the teaching of the Holocaust are discussed with the best European specialists. From 6 to 8 July for school teachers, and from 3 to 8 July for middle and high school teachers.

Training seminar in Lisbon for Portuguese teachers

From 29 to 31 March, a training seminar is held in Lisbon, in partnership with Memoshoa (association for the memory and teaching of the Shoah in Portugal) on the theme "Teaching the history of the Shoah and genocides".

Côte d'Ivoire welcomes the teaching of the Holocaust

The Shoah Memorial conducted a two-day seminar in Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, for an audience of ministerial officials on the integration of genocides and mass killings into the education system. Objective: to integrate the teaching of the Shoah.

First training operation for Serbian students

The Shoah Memorial conducted in Serbia from 20 to 22 February 2016 its first initial training action by offering students from Belgrade two days dedicated to the Holocaust and mass crimes in the Balkans.

Educational conferences: the history of the Shoah in the face of the challenges of teaching

The Shoah Memorial organizes on 26 and 27 March 2016 educational conferences to allow teachers to exchange on pedagogical practices related to the history of the Shoah in the face of teaching challenges.