History – The Holocaust & Occupation, trip to Paris by coach: 4 days, 3 nights

Subject range: Cultural

What you’ll experience: This is Paris’ only skyscraper and the tallest building in France at 210 metres. You can visit the panoramic floor for fabulous views over the city. The tower is open until late, so it’s also possible to take in the beautifully lit night time beauty of Paris.
Select says: This is by far the best place to view of the Eiffel Tower.

Subject range: MFL, Art, Cultural

What you’ll experience: One of the best and most relaxing ways to see the sights of Paris is to take a Seine river boat cruise. Starting at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, your cruise will take you up stream to the Ile de la Cité and Notre Dame Cathedral.
Select says: Trips depart every 20 minutes at peak times.

Subject range: History

What you’ll experience: The museum opened in 1994 as Musée Jean Moulin to commemorate Jean Moulin, a major figure of the French Resistance, and to detail the occupation of Paris during World War II. The Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libération de Paris is its accompanying museum and commemorates Maréchal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and the liberation of Paris.
Select says: This museum is currently free to visit.

Subject range: History

What you’ll experience: The Museum of the National Resistance of Champigny-sur-Marne presents the history of the French Resistance from its origins to the Liberation. Visitors learn about the beginnings of the French Resistance, its rise in power, its progressive unification, its contribution to the liberation of the national territory and to the definition of post-war France. It contains the most important collections relating to French resistance during the Second World War: archives, photographs, watercolours, and various objects.
Select says: An opportunity to see a unique collection of pieces that testify to French social history from 1929 to 1947.

Subject range: History

What you’ll experience: Many of the Jews deported from Drancy would have departed in trains from Bobigny. The visit serves to explain an essential stage in the deportation and the extermination of the European Jews. The idea is also to sensitize visitors to the mechanisms that led to this genocide, to promote the essential values of democracy and to fight against totalitarian and fanatical excesses.
Select says: The site can be visited upon request. The tour lasts on average an hour and fifteen minutes and takes place outdoors in the open air. Please note visits are on a request basis only.

Subject range: History

What you’ll experience: Built as a collective living space in the 1930s but never finished, the Cité de la Muette became an internment camp in 1941, and then in 1942 a regroupment camp for the Jews of France in preparation for their deportation to extermination camps. Between March 1942 and August 1944, approximately 63,000 of the 76,000 Jews deported from France went through Drancy. A permanent exhibition retraces the history and function of the camp as well as the daily lives of those interned there.
Select says: Audioguided visits are available in English.

Subject range: History

What you’ll experience: This is the French Holocaust Museum located in central Paris. There is a permanent exhibition offering a chronological and thematic visit, with twelve sequences depicting the history of Jews in France during the Holocaust. The exhibition alternates between individual stories and collective history.
Select says: A guided tour is possible for school groups.