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A place of life that has become a place of national remembrance, the Maison d'Izieu, a museum and memorial, offers visitors the opportunity to discover history, justice and remembrance today through guided tours of the house and its permanent and temporary exhibitions.When you arrive, a striking setting awaits you. At the end of the road, you can see the house with the blue shutters, where Sabine and Miron Zlatin took in over a hundred Jewish children to save them from anti-Semitic persecution. It was in this same house that, on the morning of 6 April 1944, on the orders of Klaus Barbie, one of the heads of the Gestapo in Lyon, 44 children and 7 of their teachers were rounded up and deported. Only one of the instructors, Léa Feldblum, returned. A memorial museum since 1994, Maison d'Izieu welcomes over 40,000 visitors a year, including 18,000 schoolchildren. Through the history of the colony, it seeks to convey a universal message of vigilance and the fight against all forms of discrimination. Located on a protected site classified as a historic monument, this residence perched on a hill in the Bugey-Sud region is a must-see in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, at the gateway to Isère and Savoie. You can take a guided tour of the house, evoking the lives of the children through letters, drawings and photos. The museum, housed in the former barn, is divided into three areas to explore in greater depth the historical context of the Second World War, the networks for rescuing Jewish children, international criminal justice, crimes against humanity and the construction of memory. Since 2022, one area of the museum has been dedicated to the exhibition of its collections, documents and objects that Maison d'Izieu preserves itself: the Galerie Zlatin. Each year, a temporary exhibition is scheduled to give visitors the chance to discover "real" archive documents!

Jennifer welcomes you in a warm setting and offers you carefully prepared local cuisine, Rhône-Alpes and Corsican specialities, fresh frogs, homemade foie gras as well as a fine wine list from Bugey and elsewhere.Large shaded terrace and wooded park of 1000 m², with games for children. Soup kitchen and chicken coop on site. A bar area with outdoor garden furniture. The Auberge is located next to the church, on the ground floor of the Town Hall building, 500 m from the Memorial to the Children of Izieu.

At the southern end of the Bugey appellation, in the commune of Izieu, Denis Martin-Barbaz produces fruity, structured wines that have been certified organic since 2010.The vines are grown using organic and even biodynamic methods, combining agroforestry and vitipastoralism. By grazing the vines in autumn, the sheep contribute to soil maintenance and biodiversity. All parcels are harvested by hand. Denis grows Altesse and Mondeuse grapes, as well as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. > AOC Bugey white Chardonnay wines > AOC Roussette du Bugey (Guide Hachette des vins 2025 selection for Roussette 2022) > AOC Bugey red Pinot and AOC Bugey red Mondeuse. > AOC Bugey rosé wines > AOC Bugey Méthode traditionnelle white and rosé The wines can be found at the cellar or in various locations. Restaurants : - Auberge du Grand Thur (Izieu) - Auberge de la Source (Chazey-Bons) - Auberge Les Gentianes (Le Poizat-Lalleyriat) - Le Col Vert (Murs-et-Gélignieux) - La Voile Blanche (Murs-et-Gélignieux) - La Plage (Pollieu), - Auberge de la Fontaine (Merlas 38). Associations, cooperatives and market gardening : - AMAP Terres Fermes (Belley) - AMAP Terre Ain d'Entente (Champagne-en-Valromey) - Le Plateau fermier (Plateau d'Hauteville) - L'Écoserie organic grocery store (Champagne-en-Valromey) - Jardin du Pré Neuf market gardeners (Prémeyzel). Other establishments : - Epicerie Vival (Brégnier-Cordon) - Île de la Comtesse campsite (Murs-et-Gélignieux) - TotalEnergies station store (Aoste 38). Terrace overlooking the Rhône and Chartreuse Massif. GR59 nearby