Mémorial de la Shoah
Former name | Mémorial du martyr juif inconnu |
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| Established | 27 January 2005 |
| Location | 17 rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier, 75004 Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′17″N 2°21′22″E / 48.854846°N 2.356196°E |
| Key holdings | archives of World War II deportations, personal objects of deportees, Memorials |
| Founder | Isaac Schneersohn |
| Website | memorialdelashoah.org |
Mémorial de la Shoah is the Holocaust museum in Paris, France. The memorial is in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, in the Marais district, which had a large Jewish population at the beginning of World War II.
The memorial was opened, by President Jacques Chirac, on 27 January 2005. This day was chosen to coincide with International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp. The memorial underwent a major renovation in 2005, creating exhibition spaces, a multimedia center, and a reading room.