The museum of the most famous Maquis in Loiret departement
And also
The tops
Carrefour de la Résistance, Orléans forest |
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Lorris used to be, during the World War II, one of the most important maquis (French Resistance movement) in Loiret.
Internment camps was set up in Pithiviers, Beaune-la-Rolande, Jargeau: in fact, they were transit camps for prisoners before concentration camps.
Loiret departement counted one thousand deportee for Resistance's facts...
War veterans asked for a memorial, and the museum opened in Lorris' old station. You'll make a chronological journey, from the beginning of the war to the Liberation, with lots of posters, objects, materials, weapons... rich testimonies upon everyday life in occupied France!