Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation

The Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation (Museum of Resistance and Deportation) in Angoulême was opened in 1993 to record and commemorate the experiences of residents in the surrounding Charente départment during the Second World War.

Thematic displays present the wartime history of the region. These include the invasion of 1940; the demarcation of France which divided Charente; collaboration, repression, and resistance in the region; Maquis activities; deportation of individuals; and liberation. The museum displays hundreds of local artifacts including weapons, posters and documents, clothing and uniforms, and other objects of local memory.

Nearby memorials include: the Monument des Fusillés (Monument to the Shot) in commemoration of 16 members of the Resistance executed by German soldiers, 6 in May 1943 and 10 in January 1944, in the Braconne Forest; the Mémorial Claude Bonnier in remembrance of the local Resistance leader who committed suicide upon capture by the Gestapo in February 1944, and a Mémorial de la Résistance (Memorial to the Resistance) located within the local nécropole national (military cemetery).