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