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

Monday 20 March 2023Thursday 24 March 2023

From Monday, March 20 to Friday, March 24, 2023, the Shoah Memorial is again engaged and offers activities for school audiences: screening-meeting, play, testimonies, workshops and guided tours.

Monday, March 20, 2023: day in partnership with the Mahj

For students of the 3e at the Terminale

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Theatre

The Museum of Art and History of Judaism and the Holocaust Memorial invite students to attend the play Chawa Theatre, a piece from my memory by Maud Landau. The performance is followed by a meeting with the author.

In both institutions, educational workshops and guided tours related to the themes of the play are offered to students.

1era Option:

At the Holocaust Memorial in the morning

From 10 am to 12 pm: Chawa performance, part of my memory followed by a meeting with Maud Landau.

Au Mahj in the afternoon: A guided tour of your choice:

-From 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm: walk outside the walls «Le Marais juif»

-From 14h to 15h30: guided tour «As a Jew in France»

-From 14h15 to 16h: walk outside the walls «Le Marais juif»

2th option:

At the Holocaust Memorial in the morning: an educational workshop or a guided tour of your choice:

-From 9:30 to 12:30: «Lives of papers» workshop

-From 9:30 to 12:30: «Last known address» workshop

-From 10:30 to 12:00: a guided tour of the «Jewish Marsh»

At mahj in the afternoon:

From 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Chawa play, a piece of my memory followed by a meeting with the author.

About the play: On March 11, 2011, Camille buries her grandmother at the cemetery of Pantin in the «Jewish square», it’s strange, isn’t it? She is surrounded by her mother, who speaks when she is stressed. Her father is in her world. Her sister is in a teenage crisis. She remembers the discussions with her close grandmother and decides to go to Poland to meet her ancestors.

Information and booking: education@mahj.org

Tuesday 21 March 2023 

For students of the 3e at the Terminale

Testimony: “Being a genocide survivor”

Exceptional testimony-meeting of Ginette Kolinka and Leiny Munyakazi, two survivors of the Shoah and the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.

A presentation of the genocides of the 20th century is discussed before the meeting during a guided tour of the permanent exhibition.

  • From 1:30 pm to 3 pm: Guided tour of the permanent exhibition on the theme of «Genocide in the 20th century».
  • From 3 pm to 5.30 pm: Testimony-meeting with Ginette Kolinka and Leny Munyakazi.

Information and reservation: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 2pm 

Play «The diary of Anne Frank»

As part of the Week of Education and Action against Racism and Anti-Semitism, students from UPEAA and ULIS classes at La Vallée d'Epinay-sous-Senart College and their teacher adapt and play in the auditorium of the Shoah Memorial, Anne Frank’s Diary.

Information and reservations: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org 

Thursday 23 March 2023 

For students of the 3e to a Terminale

The Hindenburg airship flying over Berlin and the Olympic Stadium on the opening day of the Olympic Games. Germany, 1 August 1936

Sport and discrimination

The day revolves around student participation in the workshop “From the Berlin Olympics to today: Sport, a mirror of our societies?” , followed by the screening of Jérôme Prieur’s documentary Les jeux d'Hitler, followed by a meeting with Dominique Foucher, educational mediator.

  • From 9:30 to 12:30: workshop "From the Berlin Olympics to the present day: sport, a mirror of our societies?".
  • From 14:00 to 16:30: screening-meeting Les jeux d'Hitler by Jérôme Prieur.

Information and reservation: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org

Friday 24 March 2023

For students of the 3e to a Terminale

Cinema

Day dedicated to the representation of the Shoah in cinema. Students participate in the workshop “Images of the Shoah on screen” followed by the screening of X-Men: Matthew Vaughn’s Beginning. 

The session is followed by a meeting with Pauline Le Diset, film teacher.

  • From 9:30 to 12:30: «Images of the Holocaust on screen» workshop.
  • From 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm: screening-meeting, X Men: the beginning.

Discover the details of the educational workshops on our Educational Brochure of the Holocaust Memorial