Vabre Resistance Museum

The Vabre Resistance Museum in the Tarn bears witness, through the exhibition of authentic documents, to the existence and organisation of a fighting Resistance unit during the Second World War. Vabre, a small mountain town in the Tarn department's northern end, is at the centre of a hollow relief following the narrow gorge formed by rivers in the Castres highlands. The Resistance and the Maquis were in their element there. The Vabre Resistance Museum displays weapons, objects, photographs and testimonials showing the daily life of the maquis, which was made up of Jews and former members of the French Protestant boy scout movement. Its leading figures were Pol-Roux (Guy de Rouville) and Robert Gamzon.

The museum's main themes include weapons, correspondence, intelligence, daily life (food supplies, accounting and weddings), propaganda, sabotage and the maquis' members (Pasteur Cadier, Marcel Guy, Marcel Doret, etc.).
Amicale des Maquis de Vabre Maison de la montagne 81330 Vabre Phone: +33 (0)5.63.50.40.50 Fax: +33 (0)5.63.50.41.33 Tourist Office Rue Vieille 81330 Vabre Phone: +33 (0)5.63.50.48.75 E-Mail: sivabre@voila.fr Opening times The museum is open four days a week by appointment in July and August