Discover the new exhibition at the Mémorial de la Shoah, 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 interrupted 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 — letters, photographs, interviews — visitors discover the profound bond between Madeleine (Milou), Denise and Simone before, during and after the war. It is an intimate side of their story that has rarely been 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, separation, loss and the postwar years, up to Madeleine's death in 1952. Special attention is devoted 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. A family story that is both tender and tragic, intersecting with the broader sweep of history and bearing witness to the fate of the Jews of France. Book
Source: paris.fr — photo: YKellerman