Centre d'histoire de la résistance et de la déportation

[1] The school was occupied by the Germans in the spring of 1943,[2] and used by Lyon's Gestapo chief, Klaus Barbie, to torture resistance members, including Jean Moulin.

[3] During the 1980s, the association of Friends of the Resistance and Deportation Museum asked the City of Lyon to obtain larger premises.

This request met with a particular echo at the time of the trial of Klaus Barbie, which was held from May 11 to July 4, 1987, before the Rhône Court of Assizes.

Following this trial, in 1989, the mayor of Lyon Michel Noir entrusted Alain Jacubowicz (deputy delegate for citizens' rights and lawyer for the civil parties during the Barbie trial) with the mission of supporting the creation of a dedicated municipal museum to World War II.

[4] This zone is served by tram line at the station Centre Berthelot–Sciences Po Lyon in front of the building.