MAHJ – Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme

The Hotel de Saint-Aignan displays a rhythmic row of arched windows and a heavy stone gateway tucked behind a cobblestone courtyard. This seventeenth-century mansion houses the Museum of Art and History of Judaism. During the Second World War, the building served as a collection point for Jewish families arrested during the Vel d'Hiv roundup. Officials divided the sprawling residence into tiny apartments for impoverished tenants before the city acquired it, revealing the layers of trauma held within these high stone walls.