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Centre d'histoire de la résistance et de la déportation

Museum in Lyon, France

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Overview

The Centre d'histoire de la résistance et de la déportation (, ) is a museum in Lyon, France. Located on the former site of a French military health school (École de Santé Militaire) and opened in 1992, it chronicles the French Resistance as well as Jewish deportation in World War II.

History

The school was occupied by the Germans in the spring of 1943, and used by Lyon's Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, to torture resistance members, including Jean Moulin.

Public transit

This zone is served by tram line at the station Centre Berthelot–Sciences Po Lyon in front of the building. It is also served nearby by métro line at the station Jean Macé and by regional railway services at Lyon-Jean Macé station.

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*Official site *Official listing

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