From 23 April 2023 to 3 September 2023 A city torn between the actions of monsters and heroes during the war, many places in Lyon allow you to (re)discover this history, in particular some little-known courageous acts of the Resistance. The walk will allow you to visit the places, buildings, steles, plaques and street names that illustrate the key events of the 1939-1945 period. ...
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Testimony of Claude Bloch
24 June 2023 With the gradual disappearance of the last survivors of the Shoah, these testimonies are all the more precious. Even more so in this period of rising populism. Claude Bloch, now 94 years old, is the last survivor of Auschwitz in Lyon. Arrested in June 1944, he was interned in Montluc before being deported. He still speaks regularly in schools. ...
Plus d'infosUrban route in the footsteps of Jean Moulin
From 4 March to 17 June 2023 The tour will take place in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Lyon, in order to highlight the actions of this great Resistance fighter and to present the other companions who helped him in his missions. This, as well as the circumstances and consequences of his arrest, which took place on 21 June 1943. Steles, but also buildings from that period, recall his ...
Plus d'infosCommemorative plaque
12 rue Sainte-Catherine, Lyon
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4 rue Jeanne Hachette, 69003 Lyon Tel : +33 4 78 53 60 41 http://www.memorial-montluc.fr/
Plus d'infosCenter for the History of the Resistance and Deportation
14 Avenue Berthelot, 69007 Lyon Tel : 04 72 73 99 00 https://www.chrd.lyon.fr/
Plus d'infosCultural Institute of Judaism in Lyon
317 rue Duguesclin, 69007 Lyon Tel : + 33 4 12 04 05 18 Site web : www.icj-lyon.org
Plus d'infosNeveh Chalom Synagogue
317 Rue Duguesclin – 69007 LYON Tél. : 04 78 58 18 74 www.nevehchalom.fr
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13, Quai Tilsitt, 69002 Lyon +33 (0) 4 78 37 13 43 http://consistoiredelyon.fr/
Plus d'infosAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Jews lived in Roman Lugdunum but disappeared from Lyon because of the expulsions. It was only under the reign of Louis XV that a community was re-created with immigrants from Comtat Venaissin and Alsace. The region is associated primarily with World War II and the French Resistance. The notorious war criminal Klaus Barbie, who was tried in 1986, was the head of the Lyon Gestapo.
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The history of Jewish communities in France is characterised by a remarkable diversity, both historically and regionally. It would be futile to look for a coherent identity or shared experiences that would link the communities that were "taxed to the hilt" by the monarchy in the heartlands of the kingdom (Paris, Rouen) to the "rich hours" of the Sephardim in the Comtat Venaissin (Carpentras, ...
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