The Linge Memorial Museum is a commemorative site (classified as a historical monument since 1921) retracing the history of the battle of the Linge. Why the Linge Memorial at Orbey in Alsace? The...
Memorial sites
Visit to the MM Park – The World War II Museum in La Wantzenau
In La Wantzenau, north of Strasbourg, is one of the largest museums in Europe dedicated to the Second World War. The MM Park is even an essential stop on the tour of the Americans or the British who...
Visit to the Alsace-Moselle Memorial in Schirmeck
The Alsace-Moselle Memorial, located in Schirmeck in the Bruche Valley, is a museum that retraces the history of Alsace and Moselle from 1870 to the post-war period, with a particular focus on the...
Maginot Line in Alsace – Visit of the Schoenenbourg Fort
Although I grew up very far from France, visiting the Maginot Line is a childhood dream for the history buff that I am. I had no idea that I would one day be living in Alsace, the region where one...
Visit of the Struthof, the former concentration camp of Natzweiler
The Struthof is an important place of memory in Alsace, located 15 minutes from the Alsace Moselle Memorial. It is located on the site of the former Natzweiller concentration camp, the only...
Hartmannswillerkopf (Vieil-Armand) – Franco-German Historial and battlefield
To the south of the Route des Crêtes, on a spur at an altitude of more than 900m, stands the Vieil-Armand (or Hartmannswillerkopf, often abbreviated to HWK). A bit of history... This mountain with...
National Necropolis of Sigolsheim – Important place of memory in Alsace
Vous êtes intéressé par le tourisme de mémoire ? Découvrez notre guide des lieux de mémoire en Alsace! The national necropolis of Sigolsheim is a place of memory in Alsace located in...
