In what is now a busy, modern European city, it's easy to forget the pain that Paris, indeed the whole of France, experienced during the 2nd world war. This charming, thoughtful museum brings home exactly what happened - the deportations, the mass murder - that was visited on France in those times.

the multi-lingual team are helpful and friendly, and while this is a museum to the Jewish experience, it is relevant to everyone. this is not just a Jewish experience, but an experience highlighting the consequences of extreme views, no matter who their target.

Once finished here, perhaps take the walk to the Musee D'Orsay, and remind yourself that this was the station from which many of the deportees departed, and to which only a handful ever returned.

Jamais Oubliée

What an amazing museum and memorial. The fact that it's free is crazy. The photos and stories are heart wrenching and poignant but also such a relevant part of Paris' history. I always think that I will be prepared for the emotions that places like this evoke but I never really am. This is a must do.

This museum, slightly off the main Rue de Rivoli is mostly well done. I say mostly because many of the photos are displayed too high to see. The descriptions are in French and English so that's a good thing for us Yanks, but it was difficult to see everything.
Admission is free. There was also a temporary exhibit on Comic Books and the Holocaust - an unlikely pairing. It was interesting to see but there were no English translations so we couldn't get the full impact or humor.