However, it also aims to renew its approach and strengthen its role as a tool for the general public. Thus, beyond the history of the Second World War, the discourse of the future museum addresses timeless issues such as the coming to power of a totalitarian regime, the collapse of a democracy, the establishment of a system of large-scale repression and extermination, as well as those of the Resistance and commitment in the name of values that transcend the individual.
Museum history, key dates. Over 50, people visit the museum every year. Throughout the permanent exhibition, discover a selection of the collections, highlighted to illustrate each of the themes addressed during the visit. Previously invisible to the public, the museum's treasure trove of deported art is now unveiled in a specially dedicated space.
Through a selection of drawings, small paintings and statuettes produced clandestinely by deportees in the concentration camps and prisons of the Third Reich, discover how women and men used drawing as a weapon of resistance, to bear witness to their experience of deportation. Around the table, sharing stories September to summer To mark its reopening, the museum has chosen to highlight its special relationship with donors.
Since it was founded in the late s, the museum has built up its collection from objects and private archives donated by former members of the Resistance, deportees and their families. Over the years, he has developed a real expertise in the field, documenting not only the personal stories and journeys of those who lived through the Second World War, but also their place in family memory and the ways in which they are passed on.
Photographer Brigitte Chartreux has immortalized a number of encounters with donors, giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of these extraordinary encounters, the stories that are told, the objects and archives that are discovered, and the emotions that run through us.
