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Origin and history

The House of Doctor Dugoujon, located in Cauire-et-Cuire in the Rhône department, is a bourgeois house built in the 19th century. It is located in the heart of the historical district of Bourg, in 2 Place Jean-Gouailhardou (formerly Castellane Square). This two-storey building, surrounded by a garden, was rented in 1941 by Frédéric Dugoujon, a young doctor who set up his office there and made the premises available for clandestine meetings.

On 21 June 1943, a secret meeting brought together Jean Moulin and seven other figures of the Resistance, including André Lassagne, Albert Lacaze and Raymond Aubrac. The Gestapo, alerted by an alleged denunciation or imprudence of René Hardy, intervened and arrested the participants. Jean Moulin, tortured by Klaus Barbie in Lyon and then in Paris, died on 8 July 1943 near Metz, during his transfer to Germany. René Hardy, suspected of treason, will be acquitted twice.

Transformed into a memorial, the house was acquired in 2007 by the Rhône General Council, which renovated it for 1.1 million euros. The memorial, inaugurated in 2010, restores the original spaces (cabinet, living room, bedroom) and is transferred to the municipality in 2014. A bronze statue of Jean Moulin, inaugurated in 2004 on the adjacent square, dominates the site. The house, classified as a historical monument since 1990 and labeled Maison des Illustres in 2011, symbolizes the memory of the Resistance.

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