19421942–21 June 1943 · Lyon and Caluire-et-Cuire
Jean Moulin and the Resistance in Lyon
Lyon, in the unoccupied zone until November 1942, became the main centre of the French Resistance. Jean Moulin, de Gaulle's envoy, worked from the city to bring the rival movements under one command, creating the National Council of the Resistance in May 1943. On 21 June 1943 he was arrested at a doctor's house in Caluire, tortured by the Gestapo under Klaus Barbie, and died in custody.
Sites
- Site 1: Centre d'histoire de la Résistance et de la DéportationMuseum in the building used by the Gestapo as its Lyon headquarters.Map ↗
- Site 2: Mémorial Jean Moulin, Maison du Docteur Dugoujon, CaluireThe doctor's house where Moulin and other leaders were arrested.Map ↗
- Site 3: Mémorial national de la prison de MontlucMilitary prison where Moulin and thousands of resisters and Jews were held.Map ↗
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