Simone Veil. My Sisters and Me

Before embodying the face of resilience on the podium of the Assembly, a girl from Nice savored the sweetness of the 1930s surrounded by her family. The Mémorial de la Shoah lifts the veil on the intimacy of a national icon by focusing on her family ties. This sensitive journey abandons the public figure to tell the adolescence stolen by the Occupation and the trauma of deportation shared with her siblings. Through personal archives and poignant testimonies, the event highlights how the strength of the clan allowed them to survive the unimaginable. It’s an emotional journey that reveals their humanity to the victims, far from history textbooks. This narrative of sisterhood and survival is accessible to the public from February 10th to October 16th, 2026.