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Shoah Memorial

Practical info

Type of location: Memorial

Shoah Memorial

17, rue Geoffroy-l’Asnier, 75004 Paris

33 (0)1 42 77 44 72

www.memorialdelashoah.org

Historical description

The Marais

In the eighteenth century, the area around the Place Saint Paul was known as “the old Jewry”. Until the first years of the twentieth century, the square itself bore the name Place des Juifs. The narrow streets here are best explored on a Sunday morning, ... Read more