lieu de memoire

This small, and only recently opened, museum is worth a visit, just for its own sake and on its own terms. It is extremely well laid out (with English translations and audio available). The staff is welcoming, knowledgeable, and can offer important help in understanding the significant elements of these displays and what they represent. I found the video "testimonies" at the end (in French) particularly striking and revealing. As someone who knows a little about the debates surrounding the history of the sheltering of refugees in this area, I found the exposition balanced, but also challenging and helpfully true to the religious aspects motivating much of the work that was done. Because it is a smaller museum, it affords the slow and reflective visit the topic deserves. Make a special effort to visit this place!

This museum is dedicated to the people of the area who saved the lives of over 5000 children from being killed by the Nazi's during WWII. There were actual videos taken during the 40's to show the heroism of the people from this area. It's worth the time to visit this museum. There is a small fee to get in.

This small museum contains a great deal of material concerning the tragic but also uplifting events of WW2 when so many ordinary men & women of the Vivarais plateau around Chambon conspired to save some thousands of Jews from the Vichy regime's round-ups. Most moving for me was the recognition given by the "saved" children & the families that they went on to have, in the form of donations and visits to the little community that had given them shelter.A visit to the museum - modestly called "Lieu de Memoire" - place of memory - combined with a drive round the high, isolated plateau villages surrounded by belts of dense forest - gives one a very strong sense of the risks run by the people of Chambon in those hellish but in some ways redemptive years. I took my teenage daughter and would recommend this as a very effective way to help the next generation understand what happened. The recorded witness testimonies were invaluable, but unfortunately not all have yet been translated into English. There is a good English audio guide to the majority of the information, though.

I was with a tour group when we made two visits firstly on Monday 21 July and Tuesday 22 July 2014. The memorial museum was opened on Monday 3 June 2013, and is positioned next to a school.The memorial and exhibition pays tribute to the people of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the surrounding villages to giving refuge to Jewish children and refugees.There are filmed interviews, photographs, information boards all about the area and quite alot of detail in English I am pleased to say, a unique place for all ages to understand the war years and the sheltering of all these hundreds of people. A place of remembrance, history and education with a contemporary and interactive exhibition. The building has white interior walls, with a very modern display system. Visitors can follow the historical part and learn how the local population came to choose civil, spiritual and armed resistance. The testimony room features audiovisual testimonies of rescuers, refugees and members of the resistance.Whilst we were they one of the Jewish children a male paid the memorial a visit, they still come to the area. My experience of France finding literature in English is difficult, but picked up a six page leaflet, I managed to buy here for 8 Euros a booklet called Pages of Vivarais-Lignon Plateau History during the 1939-1945 war, 30 pages published in 2008. There is a selection of books and DVDs but all in French.Worth a visit to an unique place dedicated to the History of the Righteous and non-violent resistance during Word War 11. Check the website for months/days/times of the year when open and the many different price structures.

The Ardeche region in southeastern France, a two hour drive from Lyon, is wild and beautiful, and until the 20th Century fairly inaccessible. It was the site of shelter for the Huguenots and in each of the villages in the Ardeche there appear to be both Catholic churches and Protestant temples. The communities were basically agrarian and resistant to religious intolerance. During the German Occupation of France many of its villages, thanks to local pastors, sheltered hundreds of Jewish children, and this small museum, located in one of the centers of harbor, Le Chambon sur Lignon, tells this story. The signage is mostly in French but there is enough English for the non-French speaking visitor to appreciate the heroism and courage of the people in this wondrous (not only for landscape but food and wine) area,

ce lieu de mémoire est très intéressant et très bien fait pour les adultes comme pour les enfants.Un film avec de nombreux témoignages est projeté à la fin de la visite.Ce lieu de mémoire est une réelle reconnaissance envers les justes qui ont permis à de nombreux enfants juifs d'avoir la vie sauve durant la deuxième guerre mondiale.

Enfin un lieu de mémoire dédié à l'accueil des réfugiés sur le Plateau Vivarais-Lignon mais aussi les diverses formes de résistance, l'accueil Protestant, les Justes ... diverses salles, très bon accueil professionnel et convivial, expos temporaires, ateliers avec témoins, accueil scolaires ... A faire aussi le Parcours de la Mémoire, renseignements à l'office de tourisme du Chambon/Lignon 04 71 59 71 56.

A voir ce lieu de mémoire sur la résistance dans cette région qui force à l'admiration de la population...

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C'est dans un édifice simple et moderne que ce tient ce lieu de mémoire.Bel hommage aux habitants de cette région qui se sont dévoués pour abriter et sauver des enfants et des familles juives.C'est une exposition simple mais riche de nombreux documents et vidéos.A noter lors de notre visite une exposition temporaire de dessins d’Avigdor Arikha effectués durant sa déportation.Un parcours de mémoire est aménagé dans le jardin de ce lieu de mémoire

Ce lieu est consacré à l'histoire des JUSTES (c'est à dire des habitants de cette région qui ont abrité et sauvé des enfants et des familles juives pendant l'occupation nazie). Il y a donc une exposition permanente ainsi que des projections. C'est vraiment à découvrir, pour l'histoire de cette région, et pour l'histoire de la France.

très bien conçu, visite guidée très intéressante, très vivante.ce lieu reflète parfaitement l'histoire du Plateau, avec comme fil conducteur la tradition huguenote d'accueil des persécutés.Les témoignages sont très émouvants.

connaître la réalité des évènements de cette France pendant cette période de guerre et tirer un coup de chapeau à tous ces inconnus courageux