Association de la Maison D Izieu Memorial des Enfants Juifs Extermines

In 1987, the trial of Klaus Barbie in Lyon allowed several historic players in the colony of Izieu to meet more than forty years after the events: Sabine Zlatin, founder of the colony in 1943, Pierre-Marcel Wiltzer, former deputy prefect of Belley, Gabrielle Tardy (Perrier, her maiden name), teacher at the colony, Léon Reifman, doctor, Paulette Pallarés, who helped the educators during the summer of 1943, and some of those who, children, were welcomed to the colony (Paul Niedermann, Samuel Pintel, Hélène, Bernard and Adolphe Waysenson, etc.) or their families (Fortunée Benguigui, Alexandre and Ita-Rose Halaunbrenner etc.).
The association of the "Memorial Museum of the Children of Izieu" was officially created on March 4, 1988.
Its first board of directors brings together, around Sabine Zlatin and Pierre-Marcel Wiltzer, local elected officials and representatives of the State, the National Office for Veterans and Victims of War, as well as the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France.
The association has set itself the goal of opening an educational memorial on the Izieu site.

In July 1990 , thanks to a national subscription, the association acquired the house which housed the colony. The President of the Republic, François Mitterrand, included in the program of Major Works the project of a museum dedicated to the children of Izieu.