From 18 Sept 2026 to 27 Aug 2027

Exposition temporaire
Mémoire

Free

This exhibition proposes to discover the history of the "Struthof" before the creation of the Natzweiler concentration camp. Long associated with the only memory of deportation, the site was previously a place of life, agricultural work, tourism and resort in the heart of the Vosges. Through unpublished archives, old photographs, postcards, films, objects and testimonies, the route traces the evolution of the site from the first farms from the 18th century to 1940. The visitor discovers the families who shaped these mountain landscapes, the development of farms and pastures, and then the rise of a tourist activity based on hiking, winter sports and the reception of holidaymakers. The exhibition also highlights the "Villa des Genêts d'or", the architectural transformations of the site and the profound economic and social changes that marked the Bruche valley. It finally shows how this place of leisure and relaxation was gradually caught up in the upheavals of European history before becoming, from 1941, a place of concentration terror. In revealing this unknown history, the exhibition invites us to look at the "Struthof" and understand the historical depth of a place whose memory far exceeds the camp period.

Natzweiler
Centre européen du résistant déporté (Struthof)
Route départementale 130
67130 NATZWILLER
France

0388474467
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