Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation
CHRD
A memorial in the former Gestapo headquarters from WWII, telling the story of underground struggle in Lyon, the 'Capital of the Resistance'.
During WWII, Lyon was the center of the French Resistance. The Gestapo set up its headquarters in the former military medical school building, where 'Butcher of Lyon' Klaus Barbie held and interrogated resistance leaders including Jean Moulin. The memorial presents life under occupation, resistance networks and the deportation of Jews through testimony videos, documents and reconstructed scenes. Materials from Barbie's 1987 trial are also on display. An English audio guide is available. Admission is about 8 euros. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Take tram T2 to Centre Berthelot station.
Opening hours
Wed-Sun 10:00-18:00
Nearby sights
- Berges du Rhône
- Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs
- Basilica of Saint-Martin d'Ainay
- Place Bellecour & Presqu'île
- Grand Hôtel-Dieu & Cité de la Gastronomie
- Rue Mercière
- Lyon Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
- Musée Miniature et Cinéma