The construction of the Memorial of the Shoah in France began in 1953, by international subscription, on land made available by the City of Paris. The origins of the project can be traced back to Isaac Schneersohn’s initiative in 1943 to bring together 40 people involved in Jewish life in France, which was still occupied, in order to create a clandestine archive. The aim was to set up a ...

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Habad Center

5 chemin des Genets, 20000 Ajaccio Habad Corse l Ajaccio

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Bastia

France > Corsica

About a hundred miles from Livorno, Bastia, like the port of the Italian city, has long been a major maritime port of call. The city is also known for its citadel and its Palace of Governors. During the First World War, Jewish migrants from Syria and Lebanon, then under the French mandate, settled here, numbering around a thousand people at the time, including long-standing Bastia Jews. In ...

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Ajaccio

France > Corsica

Nicknamed the “imperial city” because of the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, Ajaccio is the city of Corsica with the largest number of inhabitants. It is known for its numerous monuments paying homage to him, but also its churches and museums. Napoleon, who brought about the emancipation of Jews not only in France, but also in many parts of Europe during his conquests, particularly in Italy, ...

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Levie

France > Corsica

Levie is a village in Southern Corsica allowing visitors to discover the Alta Rocca museum and numerous archaeological sites. The Jewish presence here appears to date back to the 9th century, when Egyptian Jewish families settled here. This is probably the oldest migration of Jews to the island outside Roman times.

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Asco

France > Corsica

Asco is a village located at an altitude of 600 meters, built in the 11th century, known in particular for its Genoese bridge, its church and its natural park. During the Shoah, an internment camp was set up in the town of Asco. This followed the requisition of a school building by the occupying Italian authorities in 1943. 86 Jews from Ajaccio and Bastia, men aged between 18 and 60, were ...

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Corsica

France

The Isle of Beauty, the Island of the Righteous Some historians claim that the Jewish presence in Corsica dates back to Roman times, after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the forced expulsion of a large proportion of the inhabitants by the Roman occupiers. At the turn of the 9th century, Jews from Egypt settled in southern Corsica, near the village of Levie. Following the ...

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Tourist office of the Haut-Lignon

2, route de Tence, 43 400 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon

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