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Origin and history

The Museum of Resistance and Deportation of Angoulême is located in the town of Angoulême, Charente (New Aquitaine). It proposes a chronological dive into the rise of Nazism, the Second World War, and local specificities such as the demarcation line that crossed the department. The exhibition also deals with collaboration, the birth of the maquis, as well as the mechanisms of repression and deportation.

The course ends with the epic Free French Forces (FFL) and the fighting of the Liberation. Over 400 m2, hundreds of objects – weapons, uniforms, photos and archives – illustrate these themes. Since August 2009, the museum has been attached to the Charente department archives. It opens its doors to the public on the first Saturday of each month, and by reservation for groups on weekdays.

This place of memory highlights unknown aspects of regional history, such as the organization of resistance networks in Charente or daily life under occupation. The collections, composed of donations and loans, offer a concrete testimony of events, from acts of resistance to the tragedies of deportation. The museum is part of a pedagogical approach, aimed at transmitting these dark but essential pages of the past.

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