Until December 21, 2023, discover the exhibition «Ginette Kolinka, itinerary of a survivor of Auschwitz» of the Drancy Holocaust Memorial.
Discover the new exhibition of the Shoah Memorial, «Diplomats facing the Shoah»
February 8 to May 8, 2022
The Holocaust, an unprecedented event in history, holds a special place in contemporary memory. An event is something that historians analyze, the media cover and authors write about. The genocide of Europe’s Jews is no exception. Comic-book authors cautiously felt their way through the Holocaust, at times making mistakes, at others brilliantly succeeding.
January 27, 2016 to November 20, 2016
After the catastrophe, the Liberation of Europe and the end of the Second World War raised feelings of tremendous joy, hope and relief. But returning to normal life hardly seemed possible for the European Jews who survived the Nazis’ attempt to totally destroy them, abetted by their local accomplices. Despite everything, all the survivors aspired to being reunited with their loved ones, returning home or finding a safe haven, going back to work and imagining a future again, either in Europe or someplace else. But chaos and uncertainty reigned everywhere.
