The Museo della Resistenza e Centro di Documentazione “Emile Chanoux” (“Emile Chanoux” Resistance Museum and Documentation Center) presents the local history of resistance to German and fascist occupation in the surrounding communities of the Valsavarenche Valley, from 1943-1945.
The Museum was opened in 2003 inside a 18th century complex. The same building is also home to the National Film Archives of the Italian Resistance, the Piedmont Institute for History of the Italian Resistance and Contemporary Society and the Primo Levi International Study Center. The permanent display - "Turin 1938 – 1948.
The purpose of this website is to offer a guide to both general public and researchers of the museums of European political and violence, what content they offer and the topics that are not sufficiently represented. This website wants to help us to rethink the realities, shortcomings and possibilities of Public History in Europe.
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
