9-12 years

• “Johnny’s life during the occupation”
(1 hour / 1 to 2 classes)
Johnny is ten years old. He tells the schoolchildren how he lived through the four years of the occupation with his family in Normandy, describing the games he plays, his concerns, the contacts he has with German soldiers and how he spends his time at school. All this is brought to life even more vividly through contemporary objects, such as his gas mask, coffee grinder and beret, that all the children can handle.

13-17 years

• “Daily life in France during the German occupation”
(1 hour / 1 class)
Given the opportunity of handling some of the objects in our archives: shoes with wooden soles, a gas mask, a rubber bicycle tyre, a ration card... students discover French daily life, characterized by restriction, civil defense, repression, emigration to the south of France...

• ”Resisting the Nazis”
(1 hour / 1 class)
Through handling a submachine gun, a radio, grenades, a Resistance newspaper, fake identification, a messenger pigeon cage... students immediately understand how dangerous the daily life of a member of the Resistance could be.