Pax Prison: a memorial to local Resistance

First of all, some context. During the Second World War, Haute-Savoie was the only gateway, or rather exit, to Switzerland from the Vichy government’s Free Zone. In fact, on the border, the Pays de Gex in the Ain was occupied from the moment the Armistice was signed on 20 June 1940. In Annemasse, a new town council was appointed, in support of Marshal Pétain. However, when images of Pétain shaking hands with Hitler at their October 1940 meeting in Montoire were broadcast, there was an outcry...