Collecting, authenticating and preserving the archives of the genocide: the case of the Shoah Memorial
WorkshopCONSERVATION/COLLECTION MANAGEMENTRestauration des collections et des œuvresMUSEOGRAPHY / SCENOGRAPHYMuseography
2026-03-25 | 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM | Delorme Conference Room
More than 80 years after the Second World War and the Holocaust, the Shoah Memorial continues its essential mission: to collect, protect, and transmit the documentary traces of the Shoah. The institution continues to receive donations of private archives correspondence, photographs, administrative documents, and testimonies enriching a unique collection made available to researchers and the general public.
How can these new documentary collections be integrated? What protocols allow us to identify them, guarantee their authenticity, and ensure their physical and digital preservation?
This conference, presented by the Shoah Memorial and MEMORIST, will outline the various stages of archival processing: inventory, contextualization, scientific validation, and selective digitization. It will highlight the technical and ethical challenges associated with preserving these sensitive sources.
Speakers
Karen TAIEB
MEMORIST
Responsable des Archives du Mémorial de la Shoah
Adèle Parrilla
Memorist
Directrice des Relations Extérieures
Lorraine ZAPF
MEMORIST
Cheffe de Projet Ingénierie Historique
Emilie JOBARD
MEMORIST
Responsable de projets numérisation
