Programs for Day Camps

Fania Fainer’s Heart Activity

Ages 8-14 | 60 minutes | 35 participants max.

During this activity, participants will discover a unique object at the Museum, Fania Fainer’s Heart from Auschwitz, and the incredible story of friendship and hope behind it.

Through reading excerpts of Fania’s Heart written by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Richard Rudnicki, participants will discover how this small object ended up in Canada and at the Montreal Holocaust Museum. During a visit to the exhibit section about resistance during the Holocaust, participants will view the original object and learn about how it was created. The workshop will conclude with a craft activity for participants to make their own heart-shaped card to offer to someone of their choice.  

Tours of the permanent exhibition

• Guided tour
• Self-guided tour
• Themes covered in the permanent exhibit

Guided Tour | Ages 11 and up | 90 min.

10-48 participants

The guided tour offers participants the opportunity to discover the history of the Holocaust through in-depth explanations from our guides. The knowledge and the anecdotes they share allow participants to learn more about the objects and testimonies presented in our permanent exhibition and to humanize the victims of the Holocaust.

Self-Guided Tour | Ages 12 and up | 60 min.

10 to 60 participants, or more if a second program is booked for the same group

The self-guided tour allows participants to discover the Museum’s permanent exhibition on their own (without a guide). After a brief introduction by one of our front desk agents, participants can explore, at their own pace, the history of Jewish communities before, during and after the Holocaust. For groups who are interested, an activity sheet provides historical context and focuses the visit on certain objects in the exhibition.

Learn more about our permanent exhibition.

Themes covered in the permanent exhibit:

• 1^st Section (early 20^th century): Jewish communities in Europe and North Africa, Jewish traditions and holidays.
• 2^nd Section (1919-1939): Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic, Hitler’s accession to power, persecution of the Jews, propaganda, the reaction of German Jews, the pogrom of the Night of Broken Glass, the reaction of Canada and the world.
• 3^rd Section (1939-1950): The invasion of Poland, non-Jewish victims, the ghettos, deportation, concentration camps, armed and spiritual resistance, the Righteous Among the Nations, the collaborators
• 4^th Section (1945-1955): Liberation, displaced persons’ camps, immigration of survivors to Canada.