France / Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / Izieu

Memorial Museum of the Children of Izieu

Practical info

Type of location: Memorial

Memorial Museum of the Children of Izieu

70, Route de Lambraz, 01300 Izieu

+33 (0) 4 79 87 21 05

http://www.memorializieu.eu/

Historical description

Izieu

During the Nazi occupation, this village in the department of Ain was the scene of a raid ordered by Klaus Barbie on 6 April 1944. Forty-four Jewish refugee children and their seven teachers were arrested and deported. Only one survived. (Musée-Mémorial des enfants ... Read more