Until 7 January 2024 at the Jewish Museum Frankfurt
The exhibition is dedicated to Wilhelm Merton, his life, work and activities. Born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt in 1848, Merton contributed to the development of the city and was involved in social reforms for the benefit of its inhabitants. A captain of industry, Merton founded the Metallgesellschaft in 1881, which went on to become one of the world’s largest non-ferrous mining companies. His immense success motivated him to share his wealth, campaigning for workers’ rights to pensions, medical care and improved conditions in many areas – taboo subjects at the height of the industrial revolution. He financed numerous social and cultural institutions and became the largest donor to Frankfurt University.
Ausstellung: Meta & Society – Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt (juedischesmuseum.de)
From 8 September 2023 to 14 January 2024 at the Jewish Museum Berlin
For the first time ever, the Jewish Museum Berlin is presenting an exhibition dealing with Jewish life in East Germany from the post-war period to reunification and its subsequent development. With the help of a large number of documents, the cultural history is brought to the fore, thanks to films, texts and works of art. Complex issues such as the desire of Jews to return to East Germany in the aftermath of the Shoah, with the ambition of helping to found an anti-fascist state, will be examined. Activities will include a concert by the Stren-Combo Meißen group, as well as works by Silvia Dzubas, Lea Grundig, Barbara Honigmann, Marion Kahnemann, Yael Reuveny and Vera Singer.
Another Country | Jewish Museum Berlin (jmberlin.de)
Until November 26, 2023 at Cercil – Musée Mémorial des enfants du Vel d’Hiv
From Calvo’s La Bête est morte (The Beast is Dead) to Spirou, via X-Men, Maus and many others, the theme of the Holocaust has been tackled in many different ways in comics. This exhibition allows visitors to question the visual sources of these representations, their relevance, their scope and their limits. It has been produced with the help of scientific curators Didier Pasamonik and Joël Kotek.
SHOAH ET BANDE DESSINEE – Cercil Musée-Mémorial des enfants du Vel d’Hiv (musee-memorial-cercil.fr)
September 3 to October 27, 2023 in Metz
Numerous events are organized around the theme of memory, this 20th year in Lorraine. The festivities kick off on September 3 with an open day at the consistorial synagogue on rue Elie Bloch, a Hebrew calligraphy workshop led by Michel D’Anastasio, lectures by Alain Nedjar and Joëlle Allouche (President and Vice-President of the Cercle de Généalogie Juive), and M. Fiszon (Chief Rabbi of Moselle). The event concludes with a Swing Klezmer concert by the Amsellem quintet.
Programme JECJ Lorraine 2023 | JECJ Lorraine
October 19, 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Centre Fleg
In the spirit of its first back-to-school concerts, the Centre Fleg welcomes back the group Basilic Swing, sharing their klezmer, jazz and gypsy influences. This quintet from Marseilles will take its audience on a journey between traditional European music and American jazz.
September 20, 2023 to January 15, 2024 at the Orangerie Museum
In 1914, through Max Jacob, the young gallery owner and collector Paul Guillaume met Amedeo Modigliani. The artist painted his gallerist on several occasions, one of these works being on display at the Orangerie Museum. This exhibition celebrates this great encounter and the links between the two men, which went beyond the financial sphere. The paintings of one and the writings of the other allow visitors to discover the influences and expectations, shared tastes and ambitions.
Exposition Amedeo Modigliani. Un peintre et son marchand | Musée de l’Orangerie (musee-orangerie.fr)
September 3, 2023 at the mahJ
Jewish culinary traditions, from the contours of the Mediterranean to the deep villages of Eastern Europe, are the gastronomic palettes around which unforgettable family moments and inspiring artists and authors are created, from the Singer family to Albert Cohen, from Claude Lelouch to Woody Allen. How can we forget Mangeclous’ long description of his moussaka, or the way a child indulges in a cake in Once Upon a Time in America? The mahJ is organizing a whole day devoted to these traditions, as part of the European Days of Jewish Culture and the Traversées du Marais festival. Family workshops, meetings with authors and presenters, a book sale, genealogical research and a presentation of Grandmas Project, a documentary series honoring the timeless recipes of grandmothers.
October 5, 2023 at 8pm at JEM Beaugrenelle
Spinoza never ceases to fascinate readers of different eras, for different reasons, but all of which are based on his philosophical and religious contribution. But he also fascinates authors who, like Jean-François Bensahel, set off in his novel alongside Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur in Spinoza’s footsteps, through the conspiracies and mysteries of a tormented Europe.
Conférence: Qui a tué Spinoza ? – Judaïsme En Mouvement (judaismeenmouvement.org)
October 8, 2023 at 8pm at JEM Copernic
Artists Anne-Aurore Anstett, Laure-Anne Simon, Clara Strauss, Martine Bailly, Jean Piguet and Thibault Vieux perform a program based on the works “La Nuit Transfigurée” and “Psychose”. This concert celebrates Schoenberg’s performance ninety years ago at the Copernic Synagogue.
Concert clarinette piano – Judaïsme En Mouvement (judaismeenmouvement.org)
October 1, 2023 at 2:30 pm at the Mémorial de la Shoah
A meeting is organized at the Edmond J. Safra auditorium, to present the texts of three testimonies of the Shoah. Génia Klukowski, born in 1943 at the Swiss Rescue maternity hospital in Elne while her father was murdered in Majdanek, carried out family research long after her reconstruction as an individual, and published “l’Ultime Besoin d’un récit” in 2022 in the Collection Témoignages (Editions Le Manuscrit / Fondation pour l’Mémoire de la Shoah). Rachel Brafman published “Une mémoire familiale intergénérationnelle” in the same collection. Rescued by her mother, she was hidden from the age of 3 in the houses of the OSE. Also in this collection, Gaston Revel, author of “Et du fond de tes blessures, je te guérirai… Un médecin de l’OSE, de la Résistance en France aux camps de personnes déplacées en Allemagne”. In the presence of Katy Hazan, this event will be hosted by Alain Lewkowicz, journalist with France Culture.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne (memorialdelashoah.org)
October 3, 2023 – February 26, 2024 at the Centre Pompidou
Thanks to the generosity of Bella and Meret Mayer, a large number of works have been brought together for this exhibition. They include 127 drawings, 5 ceramics and 7 sculptures by the artist. They mainly concern three themes. Firstly, preparatory drawings for costumes and stage curtains for Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “The Firebird”. Next, Chagall’s sketches and models for his famous work on the ceiling of the Opéra Garnier. And finally, a variety of post-war collages, ceramics and sculptures.
From September 11 to October 8, 2023
This traveling exhibition maps the trajectories of lesbian women during the Second World War. In 2020, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück camp, five trajectories of German and French women were presented: Elsa Conrad, Henny Schermann, Marguerite Chabiron, Suzanne Leclezio and Yvonne Ziegler, arrested and deported because they were Resistance fighters, openly lesbian and/or Jewish. New journeys are shared with the public today, as part of this European, digital and feminist project.
Constellations brisées, Ravensbrück | Queer Code – CD31 (haute-garonne.fr)
September 5 and 6, 2023 at Université Paul Valéry
This symposium is organized to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of Jules Isaac (1877-1963) and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France (Judeo-Christian Friendship of France). On September 5, the first session is presented by historian Carol Iancu, with speeches by Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of Montpellier, Anne Fraisse, President of Université Paul Valéry and Jean-Dominique Durand, President of Amitié Judéo-Chrétienne de France. The inaugural lecture will be given by Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France. For the rest of the program, click on the following link.
September 10, 2023 at 11:30 am at the Centre André Spire
The author presents his book The Arrival, dedicated to his passage from Constantine to Paris, from childhood to adulthood. The succession of images that follow in a kaleidoscope of airplane windows separates memories and sometimes clashes them as soon as they get off the plane at Orly, where Benjamin Stora’s uncle is waiting for them. We cross the decade of the 1960s with its political upheavals, from decolonization to May 68. This event is organized as part of Livre sur la Place, by the Centre André Spire and ACJ 55.
October 15, 2023 at 4pm at the Drancy Shoah Memorial
Presented as part of the Drancy Rendez-Vous series, this conference examines the difficult question of how to record genocide in places and times that were not conducive to its transmission. How it is passed on to future generations, and how it is rebuilt. And how to rebuild. The daughter of a camp survivor returns to these questions. In the presence of writer Danièle Laufer and Lionel Duroy. Hosted by Eduardo Castillo.
Mémorial de la Shoah | Boutique en ligne (memorialdelashoah.org)
Until November 19, 2023 at Jardins Albert Kahn
Inspired by a trip Albert Kahn made from August to October 1909, from Buenos Aires to Rio, the exhibition allows visitors to discover the first recorded autochromes of Brazil, an artistic invitation to color. Numerous works are presented, drawn from archives containing 600 monochrome stereoscopic photographs, 61 autochrome plates and 3 minutes of film. Photographs of travel and the evolution of impressions, cities and urban development in South America, in the image of Albert Kahn’s curiosity and generosity.
Rio – Buenos Aires 1909 – Musée Albert Kahn (hauts-de-seine.fr)
November 18, 2023 at the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère
A participatory workshop lets visitors create posters based on the front pages of newspapers from the period. Using simple cutting and pasting techniques, participants can choose to take their inspiration from the original or create their own, very different posters. This workshop is led by bookseller Gaëlle Partouche and artist Manuel Scalora, in partnership with Les Modernes bookshop.
A l’affiche – Atelier en famille (isere.fr)
September 23, 2023 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Mémorial de Montluc
The last Auschwitz survivor in Lyon, Claude Bloch, now 94, is continuing his work of remembrance, passing on his story and giving testimonials in local schools. Arrested at the age of 15 with his mother and grandfather in June 1944, he was interned at Montluc, transferred to Drancy and deported to Auschwitz on July 31, 1944. Reservations are required to attend this event.
At the CHRD Lyon
Nicknamed the Butcher of Lyon for his particularly brutal methods, Klaus Barbie was head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1943 to 1945, responsible for hunting down Resistance fighters, Communists and Jews. Arrested in Bolivia in 1983, he was tried four years later for crimes against humanity. This trial, which left its mark on people’s minds, opened the door to questions that had long been hidden. Paul Lefèvre’s documentary lets the audience hear the precious voices of the victims of Barbie’s horror as they testify at the trial.
From September 16, 2023 at Struthof
CERD is setting up this collaborative memorial project, in reference to the Keitel decree ordering the deportation of opponents of the Nazi regime. A participatory device, installed in the CERD lobby, where each visitor is invited to write the name of a NN deportee and hang it on the tree of memory, in homage to these freedom fighters who fell victim to Nazi repression. The project takes place during the European Heritage Days.
V6 (13.06.23) Programmation 2eme semestre 2023 (struthof.fr)
Until 6 October 2023 at the Maison d’Izieu Memorial Museum
To mark the 80th anniversary of the opening of the “Colonie des enfants réfugiés de l’Hérault”, the Musée-mémorial is devoting an exhibition to life at the Colonie in 1943. 35 original documents provide a better understanding of daily life at the Colonie during the first months in which children hidden during the Holocaust were taken in. The archives include souvenir photos, administrative and private correspondence, personal accounts, etc.
https://www.memorializieu.eu/event/evenement-80-ans-de-louverture-de-la-colonie-dizieu-2-4/
Until 30 September 2023 at the Lieu de Mémoire Chambon-sur-Lignon
In 1967, the magazine Le Nouveau Candide published the first pages of La Grande Rafle du Vel d’Hiv by Claude Lévy and Paul Tillard (Robert Laffont). To illustrate this publication, the editorial team called on a young 29-year-old cartoonist, Jean Cabut, known as Cabu. This exhibition, organised by Véronique Cabut, his wife, and the Shoah Memorial, is accompanied by historian Laurent Joly. It is also a tribute to the great cartoonist who was one of the twelve victims of the terrorist attack on the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2015.
https://www.memoireduchambon.com/blog/2023/06/23/cabu-dessins-de-la-rafle-du-vel-dhiv-exposition
Until 3 September 2023
This themed trail allows visitors to (re)discover the important places and figures, famous or not, in the history of Lyon’s Resistance. The buildings, steles and street name plaques that house these pages of history and/or pay tribute to them.
https://www.chrd.lyon.fr/musee/parcours-urbain/lieux-secrets-de-la-resistance
Until 4 September 2023 at the Musée national Marc Chagall
This three-part exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the museum, created on the artist’s birthday, 7 July 1973, when it hosted the Biblical Message cycle. To mark the occasion, contemporary artists and writers will be sharing their interpretations of Chagall’s paintings, with a host of events planned for 7 July 2023 in particular.
Until 31 August 2023 at the Drancy Shoah Memorial.
The Memorial organises guided tours of the site of the former camp, as well as of the permanent exhibition that traces its history. Every Sunday, a return shuttle service is organised from the Shoah Memorial in Paris.
Thursday 19 October 2023, from 19:30 to 21:00
This lecture in Yiddish by Eliezer Niborski, organised by the Yiddish Culture House, is part of the “Paris-Berlin, a link for the Yiddish diaspora” season. Through documents from Yiddish publications in Warsaw (Haynt, Moment, Folkstsaytung, Literarishe Bleter) and New York (Forverts, Der tog, Morgn Frayheyt), we discover the evolution of this press and its links with these two cities. But also, the dialectic of perceptions between Parisians and Berliners, with their caricatural and amusing side.
Until 31 July 2023 at Galerie Saphir
An astonishing journey into the intimate, the topical and the personified. Whether on Talmudic school benches, sports fields or war grounds, Patrick Braoudé’s work will have visitors thinking about these themes, absorbed by the serenity, speed or search for balance of the characters.
https://www.galeriesaphir.com/exhibitions/25-patrick-braoude-declic/overview/
7 and 10 September 2023 at the Medem Centre
These days will provide an opportunity to find out more about the centre and its role in sharing Yiddish culture.
https://www.centre-medem.org/EVT/portes-ouvertes-2023-les-7-et-10-septembre-2023
22 July 2023 at the Musée de la Résistance de Haute-Garonne
To mark the 80th anniversary of the execution of Marcel Langer by the Vichy government, the public is invited to discover his story and that of the 35th F.T.P-M.O.I. Brigade. The museum’s collections highlight the involvement of foreign Resistance fighters who served in these brigades. This project is being run by the MDR&D’s Memory Unit.
http://musee-resistance.haute-garonne.fr/fr/actualites/visite-guidee.html
Until 31 December 2023 at the Caen Memorial
This exhibition looks at the social, political and cultural protest movements in France between 1960 and 1975. These movements were often born in reaction to war and other injustices. Works by artists close to narrative figuration, such as Arroyo, Erró, Fromanger, Grau, Messac and Rancillac, provide a critical reflection on their time, from the Vietnam War to the aftermath of May 68. This exhibition is organised in partnership with the Gandur Foundation for Art.
https://www.memorial-caen.fr/les-evenements/lagenda/#exposition-annees-pop-annees-choc-1960-1975