The spaces of the memorial museum

Located in Paris, in the heart of the historic Marais district, the Shoah Memorial offers its visitors many resources and activities on a total area of almost 5,000 m 2. Discover the different spaces that make up this place.

EXPLORE THE SPACES OF THE MEMORIAL MUSEUM
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Inauguration of the renovated Wall of Names

Inaugurated on 27 January 2005 by President Jacques Chirac and Simone Veil, the Wall of Names includes the names of 75,568 Jews deported from France, including 11,400 children. Since 2005, the documentation centre has been collecting changes and misspellings from families or new archive sources.

On the day after Yom Hashoah, 3 May 2019, the Wall of Names was closed to the public in order to be completely renovated. 6,200 corrections were made (corrections, additions, corrections), 379 names removed and 226 names added.

After nine months of work, the Wall of Names was again made accessible to the public on 27 January 2020, after its inauguration by President Emmanuel Macron.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the renovation of the Wall of Names: