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

Monday, March 20, 2023 Friday, March 24, 2023

From Monday, March 20 to Friday, March 24, 2023, the Shoah Memorial is once again taking action and offering activities for school audiences: screening-meet-ups, plays, testimonials, workshops, and guided tours.

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

For the students of the 3rde in Terminale

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Theater

The Museum of Art and History of Judaism and the Shoah Memorial invite students to attend the play Chawa, a play in 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 Shoah Memorial in the morning

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

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

-From 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.: walk outside the walls "Le Marais juif"

-From 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm: "Comme un Juif en France" guided tour

-From 2:15 p.m. to 4 p.m.: walk outside the walls "Le Marais juif"

2th option:

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

-From 9:30 am to 12:30 pm: workshop "Lives of papers"

-From 9:30 am to 12:30 pm: "Last known address" workshop

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

In the afternoon at the Mahj:

From 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: play Chawa, a play from my memory followed by an encounter with the author.

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

Information and booking: education@mahj.org

Tuesday, March 21, 2023 

For the students of the 3rde in Terminale

Testimony: "Being a genocide survivor"

Exceptional testimonial meeting of Ginette Kolinka and Leiny Munyakazi, two survivors of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda.

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

  • From 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm: Guided tour of the permanent exhibition on the theme "The genocides of the 20th century".
  • From 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm: Testimony-meeting with Ginette Kolinka and Leny Munyakazi.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 2 p.m. 

Play "The Diary of Anne Frank"

As part of the Week of Education and Actions against Racism and Anti-Semitism, students from UPEAA and ULIS classes at La Vallée d'Epinay-sous-Senart middle school, along with their teacher, are adapting and playing in the auditorium of the Shoah Memorial, Anne Frank’s diary.

Information and reservations: reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org 

Thursday, March 23, 2023 

For the students of the 3rde to Terminale

The airship Hindenburg 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 the participation of students in the workshop "From the Berlin Olympics to today: sport, a mirror of our societies?" , then, the screening of the documentary Les jeux d'Hitler by Jérôme Prieur followed by a meeting with Dominique Foucher, educational mediator.

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

Friday, March 24, 2023

For the students of the 3rde to Terminale

Cinema

Day dedicated to the representation of the Shoah in cinema. The students participate in the workshop "Images of the Shoah on screen" and then at the screening of the film X-Men: the beginning of Matthew Vaughn. 

The session is followed by a meeting with Pauline Le Diset, professor of cinema.

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