Visit of the Centre of interpretation(performance) of the demarcation line

Name: Visita del Centro de interpretación de la línea de demarcación
Start: 2019-09-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-22T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Centre d'interprétation de la ligne de démarcation

For (Re) discover the history(story) of the demarcation line during the Second World War.

21 i 22 septiembre 2019Passed

Agnès Jaffre

Permanent exhibition which redraws the history(story) of the demarcation line which divided into two France zones during the Second World War: a free zone in the South of the country, under the authority of the Vichy government and a zone busy with the North by the German army. Exhibition(Exposure) is established(constituted) of 22 didactic panels(signs). Explanation in French, English and German.

About the location

Centre d'interprétation de la ligne de démarcation

Place du Bassin, 71420 Génelard

Saône-et-Loire
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

In a building with symbolic architecture, the Centre d'interprétation de la ligne de démarcation brings together a permanent exhibition on the history of the demarcation line. The permanent exhibition presents the history of this border that separated the occupied and the so-called free zone, crossing thirteen departments, including the Saône-et-Loire. Using archival documents, maps, photographs, and a video documentary, the exhibition provides a better understanding of the reality of this internal frontier imposed by the occupier: its layout, its surveillance, the influence on the daily life of the population, legal or clandestine passage, the development of the Resistance, etc.