Discover the Mémorial de la Shoah’s new exhibition, Simone Veil. My Sisters and I. Guided tour for adults
How can we approach Simone Veil from a perspective other than the now-familiar image 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. My Sisters and I, created by filmmaker and photographer David Teboul, seeks to bring the intimate history of the Jacob family to light. Through a collection of documents — correspondence, photographs, interviews — visitors discover the profound bond between Madeleine (Milou), Denise and Simone before, during and after the war. It reveals a personal dimension that is rarely highlighted. The archives on display allow visitors to read and hear the words and voices of the Jacob sisters as they recount their childhood in Nice, Denise’s involvement in the Resistance, the arrest of Simone, Milou and their mother Yvonne in the spring of 1944, deportation, separations, losses and the postwar years, up to Madeleine’s death in 1952. Particular attention is paid to their younger brother Jean, an aspiring photographer, with several of his images—long kept within the family circle—on display. Jean Jacob was deported with his father in 1944 on convoy 73. This family story, both tender and tragic, intersects with History and bears witness to the fate of the Jews of France. Book now
Source: paris.fr — photo: YKellerman