On June 19, 1940, Lyon was declared an open city: huge swastika flags replaced the French tricolor. On September 14, 1944, General de Gaulle proclaimed Lyon the capital of the Resistance… What happened between these two historic dates?
The scene of horrors but also of acts of heroism, the city suffered greatly, as did its inhabitants and all the underground fighters determined to say no to the German invader. There are many traces of this painful past, often overlooked because it was highly secret and lost in the maze of identities.
Let’s set out to discover them: whether it be places, squares, buildings, memorials, statues, plaques or street names, everything here tells the story of these women, these men who, in the face of adversity, showed exceptional courage in fighting fascism.
