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Museum Resistance and Deportation History Centre

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"And I know that there are those who say: they died for precious little. A simple piece of intelligence (not always precise) wasn’t worth it, nor was a tract, nor even an underground newspaper (often badly printed). To such persons one must reply: It’s that they were on the side of life. It’s that they liked things as insignificant as a song, a snapping of fingers, a smile. You can squeeze a bee in your hand until it suffocates, but it won’t suffocate without stinging you. That’s precious little, you will say. But if it didn’t sting you, bees would have been extinct a long time ago.”

Using this metaphor, the poet Jean Paulhan points out the obvious: for many of the resistance fighters, they had no choice but to struggle to regain freedom and to fight the unacceptable.

The CHRD makes this part of history comprehensible to as many people as possible through testimonials, objects and photographs.

Thanks to an important documentation center and a cultural program that includes current human rights news, the museum is also a place of dialog and encounter.

Plan your visit

  • Centre Berthelot, Rue Étienne Rognon, Les Girondins, Chevreul, 7th Arrondissement, Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, 69007, France
  • Today:
    09:00 - 17:00
    Mon
    Closed
    Tue
    Closed
    Wed
    10:00 - 18:00
    Thu
    10:00 - 18:00
    Fri
    10:00 - 18:00
    Sat
    10:00 - 18:00
    Sun
    10:00 - 18:00
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  • www.chrd.lyon.fr

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See also

France  •  Lyon
Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon
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France  •  Lyon
The Lyon History Museum (Gadagne museums)
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  • Marie MICHEL

    2 out of 5 rating 05-03-2021

    Je cherchais à écouter "LES FEMMES, COMPAGNON DE LA LIBÉRATION" parmi les conférences. Celle-ci et d'autre ont disparu ou sont inaccessibles, dommage pour ce site que j'ai failli recommander à mes élèves

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