Visit of a casemate and the memorial of the deportation

Name: Visit of a casemate and the memorial of the deportation
Start: 2022-09-17T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Fort Metz Queuleu

Discover a space rich in history. You can visit the fort and its memorial, as well as watch videos and observe period objects and archives.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Association du Fort Metz Queuleu

Discover this space rich in history. You can visit the fort and its memorial as well as watch videos and observe period objects and archives.

This memorial tour lasts about 1h. You can discover the Sonderlager, the prison of the gestapo during the Second World War. You will also be presented the memorial of the deportation of the site of Fort de Queuleu. A free visit will then allow you to observe videos and period objects, as well as archives of the association.

About the location

Fort Metz Queuleu

Allée Jean Burger, 57070 Metz Queuleu

Moselle
Grand Est

The Fort de Queuleu remains one of the few witnesses of the fortified structures between 1868 and 1870 to defend Metz.
The Fort has been classified as a protected site since 1977 and offers in its wooded site a health route with a hilly route over 2.7 km. It has also been classified as a Historic Monument.
Initially covering 125 ha, its surface has been reduced to 47 ha. It is a place of SS internment camps during the Second World War: it contains the departmental memorial of resistance and deportation.