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Lyon was liberated on 3 September. Place Bellecour, Le Veilleur de Pierre (Stone Watchman). During the night of 26 July 1944, resistance fighters carried out an attack on ”Le Moulin à Vent”, a café that was popular with the Gestapo.
Lyon during the war During the Second World War, Lyon saw a mix of destinies. Situated in the Southern zone, in accordance with the 22nd June 1940 armistice, it became the most important city of Free France.
Sep 3, 2019 · Lyon was a stronghold of Free France during World War II until its occupation in 1942. It was liberated by joint French and US forces in September 1944.
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During World War II, Lyon was the center of the French Resistance. Klaus Barbie (the "Butcher of Lyon") tortured prisoners for the occupying German forces, for which he was ultimately convicted of crimes against humanity.
At the end of 1942, Lyon became the Capital of the Resistance. The Terreaux district and the slopes of the Croix Rousse were then used as a hiding place for the heroes of the Resistance, and for all those who played a role in the clandestine struggle.
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Jan 11, 2024 · Visitors, equipped with an audio-guide, are invited to enter into a universe of sound and vision and be guided through a dark period of history.They will rediscover the resistance, deportation, the genocide of Jewish people and the most important events under the Occupation.
Jun 4, 2013 · It was Barbie’s televised trial in 1987 that inspired the then-mayor of Lyon, Michel Noir, to decide that the city needed a museum — in Lyon, funded by Lyon — to honor its Resistance roots.
