The village of Oradour-sur-Glane, 22 kilometres north-west of Limoges, is tragically famous for the massacre of its men women and children by a unit of the 2nd Waffen SS Panzer Division Das Reich on 10 June Declared an historic monument in , the ruins of the village are now visited by around , people every year.
They are accompanied by the Memorial Centre with its sensitively designed historic journey of interpretation and education. Open every day from 1 February to 15 December inclusive. The Bordeaux submarine base is one of five constructed on the Atlantic coast to house the German and Italian submarine fleets during the Second World War.
Today, it is an arts centre for contemporary creativity. Its purpose is to keep the memory alive by providing an educational and informative resource, especially for younger people. Guided tours available for advance bookings. The La Rochelle Bunker retraces the occupation of the city of La Rochelle and its surrounding area between and The collection includes objects, photographs, documents and videos. Its three exhibition spaces examine the secret network of resistance fighters known as the maquis, the role paid by women in the Resistance, the massacres at Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane, and the liberation of Limoges.
Opening times: 15 June to 15 September from Tuesday to Sunday between pm and pm. Guided tours are available for groups all year round for advance bookings. Free for children under It is both a Resistance Memorial and a national war grave. Of the 64, or so people interned here, 1, died between March and August when the camp was closed following the Liberation of Paris. A national memorial was built here in alongside the railway track that remains as a lasting symbol of the deportations. Opening times: 6 February to 31 March, Tuesday to Friday between pm and 6 pm.
Closed public holidays. Groups min. Closed every year during the Christmas school holidays. This building is both a documentation centre and archive containing the personal documents of politician and resistance leader Edmond Michelet, and a museum open to the public. The nine exhibition spaces are designed to introduce visitors to different aspects of the Second World War years: the Resistance and Deportation, the Vichy government and its propaganda through imagery, daily life during the Occupation and the Liberation of Brive.
