Maison du Souvenir

On August 25, 1944, 124 inhabitants of the village of Maillé (Indre-et-Loire) were massacred by German soldiers and the town was set on fire before being bombarded by an artillery piece. After the tragedy, the village is rebuilt, and little by little, Maillé’s story fades into oblivion.

This structure has several objectives:
– a commemorative objective: to perpetuate the memory and homage to the victims,
– a scientific objective: to contribute to research on the fate of civilian populations in war,
– an educational objective: to know and understand historically the facts, to present the testimonies and to compare them with contemporary dramas.
– a citizen objective: to raise public awareness of respect for human rights, individually and collectively.