80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

19 April 2023 at the Paris City Hall The commemoration of this act of inestimable courage will take place in the Grands Salons of the Hotel de Ville. How a handful of surviving men and women in terrible conditions took up arms against the powerful Nazi army. The event is organised in partnership with the Medem Centre. Due to limited space, registration on their website is required.

Urban route on the theme “Secret Places of the Resistance”

From 23 April 2023 to 3 September 2023 A city torn between the actions of monsters and heroes during the war, many places in Lyon allow you to (re)discover this history, in particular some little-known courageous acts of the Resistance. The walk will allow you to visit the places, buildings, steles, plaques and street names that illustrate the key events of the 1939-1945 period. ...

Conference on the massacres of the Das Reich division

21 May 2023 at the Shoah Memorial in Drancy On the occasion of the publication of Sortis de l’ombre. Gypsies, Resistance fighters and Communists. Investigation into the ignored massacres of the “Das Reich” division by Gilles Alfonsi, the conference will review the conclusions of the book’s author in his presence. In a conversation with Eduardo Castillo, he answers the ...

Urban route in the footsteps of Jean Moulin

From 4 March to 17 June 2023 The tour will take place in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Lyon, in order to highlight the actions of this great Resistance fighter and to present the other companions who helped him in his missions. This, as well as the circumstances and consequences of his arrest, which took place on 21 June 1943. Steles, but also buildings from that period, recall his ...

Jewish cemetery of Vesoul

Rue Miroudot Saint-Ferjeux, Vesoul

Synagogue of Vesoul

11 bis rue du Moulin-des-Prés, Vesoul

Ursulines Museum

5 rue de la Préfecture, 71000 Mâcon Tel : 03 85 39 90 38 https://www.macon.fr/vivre-et-bouger-a-macon/culture/musee-des-ursulines

Makhlouf Zemour Synagogue

1 rue Bauderon de Sénecé, 71000 Mâcon Tel. : 03 85 34 60 15

Street of the Jews in Joigny

Charrue Street

Buffon Street

Piron Street

Synagogue of Dijon

5 Rue de la Synagogue, 21000 Dijon Tel : 03 80 66 46 47

Vesoul

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

While the presence of Vesulian Jews has been documented since the 13th century, a community was formed there notably thanks to the synagogue located on the Grande-Rue. About fifteen Jewish families lived in the city. If unlike other communities in the region, the Vesulian Jews were not particularly known for their yeshivot, some personalities played a historical role, like the banking family ...

Mâcon

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The presence of Mâcon Jews has been documented since 820 during pressure against the Jews to convert. But their presence dates from at least the 6th century. A good part of these were then wine growers. A Jewish quarter was located in Bourgneuf. The has medieval Jewish tombstones. Following the expulsion of the Jews in 1394, a small community was finally able to rebuild there following the ...

Joigny

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

If the origin of the presence of Jovignian Jews is not certain, its medieval presence is notably noted by the number of Tossafists who lived in the city in the 12th century. Among them, Menahem Perez de Joigny and Yom Tov Ben Isaac de Joigny. Other eminent scholars followed before the expulsion of the 14th century. The emancipation of the Jews of France through the French Revolution will not ...

Dijon

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The first documented traces of the presence of Dijon Jews date from the end of the 12th century. They lived mainly on rue de la Petite-Juiverie, currently called , rue des Juifs, currently and rue de la Grande-Juiverie, currently . The synagogue was on the first of these streets. A Jewish cemetery was located in what is now rue Berlier. About fifty Jewish tumular stones were discovered ...

Synagogue of Chalon-sur-Saône

10 rue de Germigny, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône

Rue Richebourg

Jewish cemetery of Besançon

Rue Anne Frank, Besançon

Jérôme Cahen community center

10 rue Grosjean, 25000 Besançon

Synagogue of Besançon

23 Quai de Strasbourg, 25000 Besançon

rue du Pont

Clock Tower of Auxerre

Rue de la Draperie, 89000 Auxerre

Chalon-sur-Saône

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The presence of Chalonnais Jews dates to at least the 9th century, according to period documents relating to forced conversions. Some dating from the 12th century evoke the profession of winegrower exercised in particular by Jews from Chalonnais. The Jewish community had a cemetery located on what is now rue des Places and a mikvah in Saint-Jean-des-Vignes. Rue des Juifs was located on what ...

Besançon

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The Jewish presence in Besançon seems to date from the 1st century, at least it is attested to the time by official documents. The Jewish quarter was historically around the Doubs river. Rue Juive was located on what is now . The Jewish cemetery was located opposite the Porte de Charmont. The Bisontine Jews were expelled in the 15th century. They were allowed to do this very sparingly. ...

Baigneux-les-Juifs

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The city bears the name of Bagnos (“small bath”) which will be completed in Baigneux-les-Juifs following the arrival of many Jews in this new agglomeration. The Jewish presence seems to date from the 13th century. The medieval synagogue was located . However, as in many other places in France in the end of the Middle Ages, the Jews were expelled from the city.

Auxerre

France > Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The presence of Auxerre Jews in the capital of Yonne is attested by a letter from Rashi to the Talmudists in the region. One of the Jewish quarters was near Porte Féchelle. The old rue du Puits des Juifs is now . A stone on a wall of the contains a Hebrew inscription. Jews were expelled from the city several times between 1184 and 1393. The Auxerre Jews will once again be part of the city ...

Faubourg Saint-Jacques of Chinon

Rue des Juifs of Bourges