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Collecting, authenticating and preserving the archives of the genocide: the case of the Shoah Memorial

Wednesday 25 March 2026 | 12:30 - 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.