Remembrance tourism in Auvergne-Rhône Alpes

In 2018, the French State will acquire the Pas de l’Aiguille site, in the department of Isère, the 274th military cemetery to come under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Armed Forces. This will complete the process of acquisition of the three cemeteries in Vercors, begun in 2014. ...

In a redesigned layout, accessible to all, the Ain Museum of the Resistance and Deportation gives an up-to-date interpretation of the events of the Second World War, through the experiences of the inhabitants of the Ain and the strategic issues of importance to the department.

Il est le fils d’Alphonse Métral, l’un des fondateurs de l’association des Rescapés des Glières. Après des études en arts plastiques à Paris, il est l’assistant du sculpteur Émile Gilioli, auteur du Monument national à la Résistance des Glières et il préside aujourd’hui l’association des Glières. ...