Discover the new exhibition at the Mémorial de la Shoah Simone Veil. Mes sœurs et moi Guided tour for adults
How can we approach Simone Veil through a path other than the now-familiar one of the stateswoman? How can we convey the innocence of a childhood in Nice brutally cut short by the Occupation and deportation? The exhibition Simone Veil. Mes sœurs et moi, designed by filmmaker and photographer David Teboul, sets out to bring the intimate story of the Jacob family to light. Through a collection of documents — correspondence, photographs, interviews — visitors discover the deep bond that united Madeleine (Milou), Denise and Simone before, during and after the war. It is an intimate dimension rarely brought to the fore. The archives on display allow us to read and hear the words and voices of the Jacob sisters, who tell us about their childhood in Nice, Denise’s involvement in the Resistance, the arrest of Simone, Milou and their mother Yvonne in spring 1944, deportation, separations, losses, and then the postwar years, up to Madeleine’s death in 1952. Particular attention is given to their younger brother Jean, an aspiring photographer, with several of his images on display, long kept within the family circle. Jean Jacob was deported with his father in 1944 on Convoy 73. A family story both tender and tragic, one that meets history with a capital H and bears witness to the fate of the Jews of France. Book
Source: paris.fr — photo: YKellerman