Digital Memory Platform

La casa - La Maison d'Izieu

House

The memorial was created from the authentical place: the house which welcomed the Children’s Home from May 1943. Dated from the 19th century …

Samuel Pintel testifying in front of diplomats and ambassadors of the UN (Geneva) on February 8 2023 © Maison d’Izieu

The former children of Izieu testifying

In eleven months of existence, the Children’s Home welcomed more than a hundred Jewish children. On April 6 1944, 44 of them were rounded up, then deported and assassinated.