Memorial de la Shoah

Work on the Shoah Memorial (Mémorial de la Shoah) in memory of victims of the Holocaust began in occupied France in 1943. Emigrants from Russia Isaac Schneersohn and Lev Polyakov created organizations that collect evidence of Nazi crimes against the Jews. Originally located in Grenoble, Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDJC) in 1956 moved to Paris, where he successfully continued its activities.