The Shoah Memorial is delighted to present its programming for the last quarter of 2024.
You can still visit the major exhibitions Paris 1924-Paris 2024: the Olympic Games, mirror of societies – on the occasion of the Olympic and Paralympic Games of Paris 2024 – and Foreigners in the Resistance in France. The exhibition Rwanda 1994: the genocide of the Tutsi will be followed by From the discovery of the camps to the return of the deportees, both outdoors in the alley of the Righteous.
As usual, the Memorial offers you several exceptional premieres, including the animated film La Plus Précieuse des Marchandises (official selection of the 2024 Cannes Festival) in the presence of its director Michel Hazanavicius; the novel Jacaranda in the presence of its author Gaël Faye; and For future generations, the latest book by Simone Veil.
We welcome the actors Charles Berling – for a theatrical reading inspired by the destiny of Calek Perechodnik in the Warsaw ghetto – and Vincent Elbaz – for a musical reading of Pierre Assouline’s book on The Swimmer Alfred Nakache. Vives Mémoires, our collaboration with the Théâtre de la Ville, continues with three musical readings presented by various artists and in the presence of a historian. s and researcher.ses.
Do not miss our screenings for the Documentary Film Month as well as the European Heritage Days with an exhibition and a meeting on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the conviction of Alfred Dreyfus.
Other highlights of this season, the main events in the auditorium include: a screening of the documentary Les Filles de Birkenau by David Teboul, which brings together for the first time four survivors of the death camps; an evening dedicated to the centenary of the disappearance of Franz Kafka; an exceptional testimony by Arlette Testyler, survivor of the Vel d'Hiv roundup; or even an interactive theatrical performance around the application of the law on the status of Jews.
You can support us by attending two unique annual events: our gala concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and our dinner of support for citizen education actions for young generations and teacher training.
Finally, we encourage you to participate in one of the many meetings of the Shoah Memorial of Drancy, including a special comic book afternoon, meetings on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the closure of the camp of Drancy, and an afternoon on the theme "The detective story & History".
The Memorial aspires to convey the history of the Shoah and fight all forms of hatred, a work more essential than ever. We hope to find you by our side, within our walls or online, to feel, think, talk... together.
Jacques Fredj, director of the Shoah Memorial
