Record attendance for the Memorial in 2017!
257,000 visitors came to the Paris Shoah Memorial and its Drancy branch in 2017. In Paris, the Shoah Memorial welcomed 228,900 visitors, a 23% increase compared to the previous year, while its Drancy branch welcomed 28,300 visitors, up 18%. The Shoah Memorial thus achieves its best attendance since its reopening in 2005.
The overall attendance of the Shoah Memorial has been driven by a very rich program, with flagship exhibitions such as Shoah and Comics, The Klaus Barbie Trial and Beate and Serge Klarsfeld. The struggles of memory. The Drancy branch was also celebrating its 5th anniversary, with an exceptional exhibition Drancy, At the Threshold of Hell – Drawings by Georges Horan-Koiransky.
The primary mission of the Shoah Memorial, the various visits and educational workshops have welcomed more than 60,000 students from all over France, a 20% increase compared to 2016.
The Shoah Memorial strengthened with the integration of the Cercil
In 2018, the Cercil integrates the Shoah Memorial. Emblematic association dedicated to the preservation of the history and memory of the internment camps in Loiret in Orléans, the Cercil manages since 2011 the Museum-memorial of the children of the Vel d'Hiv.
Through this rapprochement, the Shoah Memorial and the Cercil testify to their common desire to ensure the sustainability of the activity of the Cercil.
The Shoah and Comic Book catalog rewarded
The catalogue of the exhibition Shoah et Bande Dessinée, created under the direction of Didier Pasamonik and Joël Kotek, was awarded a special mention in the 2017 CatalPa Prize.
