The Musée de la Résistance en Combrailles (Musuem of Resistance in Combrailles) in Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne presents the local history of resistance and deportation in the Combrailles region during the Second World War. A permanent exhibition is divided into thematic sections : The Rise of Fascism; The Drôle-de-Guèrre and the Battle of France, Resistance, Life Under Occupation, Deportation, and Liberation.
The Musée de la Résistance en Morvan (Museum of Resistance in Morvan) in Saint-Brisson presents the local history of occupation, resistance, and memory in the Morvan region during the Second World War. A permanent exhibition presents local life in wartime, German occupation and repression, the formation of local resistance and maquis groups, and liberation.
The Musée de la Résistance (Museum of Resistance) in Peyrat-le-Château presents the local history of resistance to German occupation and the Vichy Regime during the Second World War. Housed in Peyrat-le-Château’s town hall, permanent exhibitions discuss the outbreak of war and civilian life under war and occupation, the formation of local resistance and maquis groups, internment and deportation, the Vichy Regime and the Milice, and liberation.
The Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation (Museum of Resistance and Deportation) in Pau presents the local history of resistance and deportation in Pau and the surrounding region during the Second World War. The museum contains permanent exhibitions on everyday civilian life in wartime, local resistance activities, internment and deportation, and liberation.
The Musée de L’Ordre de la Libération (Order of the Liberation Museum) in Paris is housed in the vast Musée de L’Armée (Army Musuem) located in Les Invalides. Inaugurated in 1970, it is dedicated to and commemorates L’Ordre de la Libération (The Order of Liberation) founded by General Charles de Gaulle in 1940 to recognise individuals who fought for French liberation during the Second World War.
The Musée de la Libération de Paris contains two separate museums which document the lives of two individuals responsible for resistance and liberation in Paris and France. These are Général Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902-1947), a Free French general who participated in the Liberation of Paris and was named Marshall of France following his death, and Jean Moulin (1899-1943), the first President of the National Council of Resistance who died in German captivity following torture by Lyn Gestapo Chief Klaus Barbie.
The Musée-Mémorial des Enfants du Vel d’Hiv (Children of Vel d’Hiv Memorial Museum) in Orléans is part of the Centre d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Camps d’Internement dans le Loiret (Centre for Study and Research on the Loiret Internment Camps), or CERCIL.
The Musée de la Résistance Azuréenne (Azur Museum of Resistance) in Nice is a museum and research centre on resistance and deportation in the Azur region of France during the Second World War. A permanent exhibition presents records of local resistance and displays military weapons, uniforms, and equipment, printed materials, and artifacts of deportation.
The Musée Départemental de la Résistance Henri Queuille (Henri Queuille Departemental Museum of Resistance) in Neuvic presents the local history of resistance and deportation in the Haut-Corrèze region of Corrèze during the Second World War. The museum contains displays on local life under occupation, resistance activities, and deportation, and houses departmental records.
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.
