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A place of remembrance, education and life

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13:00-17:00

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Welcome to the Maison d’Izieu

Only one hour from Geneva and Lyon, in between mountains and the Rhône river, is located the “House of Izieu” which sheltered over a hundred Jewish children in 1943 and 1944.

Today, the Maison d’Izieu is a place of remembrance, education and life and welcomes thousands of visitors each year, including many school classes from all over Europe.

In the museum, you can dive into history, through documents, videos and audios, to learn more about the life of the children who lived in Izieu.

The house with pictures, drawings and letters of the children can only be visited as part of a guided tour that you can book online.

They were children!

From 4 April to 22 September 2024

After the children’s drawings and Georgy’s letters and photos, “The Year 1943 in the House” took us back 80 years to when Sabine and Miron Zlatin moved to Izieu, and told us about the lives of the House’s inhabitants during 1943.

They were children! naturally follows the course of History.

Original documents and never-before-seen objects take visitors back to the beginning of 1944. The serenity of the children’s daily lives at the House contrasts with the fear of imminent danger and the violence of the round-up. The first outlines of memory followed, sketched out by the requests of families and the testimonies of relatives. The most tenacious commitment not to forget led to the inauguration of the memorial in 1994.

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The Wall against oblivion
A European Rememchild project

From 26 Januaury to 1 November

REMEMCHILD aims to retrace the trajectories, experiences and memories of children in wartime, with a particular focus on the Second World War and the immediate post-war period, in Western and Eastern Europe, in countries that were occupied and/or collaborated with and then liberated by the Allies.

The aim of this project is to create a ‘Wall against oblivion’ and to participate in a digital platform run by the University of Madrid and the Guernica Peace Museum.

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