Museum of the Resistance de Castlebriant

Well worth a visit

Very poignant site of the murder of 27 French men by the Nazis in reparation for the death of one German officer. The museum - sadly - was only in French so we didn’t understand all of it but enough t...

A very poignant place to visit

We joined a guided tour which was incredibly well informative about the history of the event. The museum was open and once again the information gave a full description.

Do call in if in this part of France...easy to find.

If in this region it is an interesting and moving place to visit. The story of the events surrounding the shooting of these Frenchman by the Nazis is well presented and the individual lives of those m...

Sobering reminder of remarkable individuals

Free to enter this peaceful museum is set near to the site of one of the WW2 nazi concentration camps. There is an extensive collection of personal effects and artefacts donated by families of the POW...

memorial to french resistance fighters

Gives the history of the 21 French Resistance POWs killed by the Nazis in retribution, along with soils from all the places the resistance ended up, including the concentration camps.