For two days, the Nice Shoah Memorial is organizing a collection of documents and testimonies. Objective: to enhance the future museum of the Nice Shoah Memorial, slated for 2025.
The project was announced in March 2024 in Paris. It brings together the Nice municipality, the Shoah Memorial, and several public partners. A new museum will open its doors at 22, passage Gottlieb, in the former Meyerbeer passage. It will be dedicated to the history of persecuted Jews in the region.
In anticipation of this opening, the date of which remains fairly uncertain at this point (around December 2025: Editor’s note), two collection days are planned. They will take place on Wednesday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Passerelles service (2 place Wilson), then on Thursday, May 22, at the same hours, at the House for the Reception of Victims (6 rue Gubernatis).
The public is invited to submit personal documents: letters, photos, identity papers, journals, drawings, objects. All related to the Holocaust period. These private archives are especially aimed at young and future generations and represent essential pieces for a better understanding of history, to always remember and never forget.
Martine Ouaknine, Deputy Mayor of Nice, will be present during these two days. She is responsible for the duty of remembrance and the fight against racism and anti-Semitism.
The future Nice museum will complement the action of the Shoah Memorial in Paris. Its mission will be to preserve, transmit, and make accessible the history of persecutions and deportations. It will also offer exhibitions, conferences, and educational projects.
This collection is thus a key moment. It aims to emerge a local memory through intimate stories and family objects. Contributors will see their donations integrated into a collectively constructed archive fund.
Entry is free. Assistance will be provided on-site for submissions. Documents can be handed over or just digitized. Families and witnesses are invited to participate.
