Famous writers such as Maurice Druon and Joseph Kessel have said that it was at the Col de Banyuls, on leaving France, that the partisans' song was born. For 11 sites, panels with commentary and illustrated with period photographs will complete the information for hikers taking these "paths". They pay tribute to the courage of the local population, who helped those fleeing the occupying forces (resistance fighters, Jews, young STO draft dodgers joining the Free French troops in Algiers...) to cross over to Spain. Among them were writers [...]
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Testimonies from deportees
The documentary film aims to pay tribute to the men, women and children who climbed them by the hundreds of thousands, through an aesthetic and poetic narrative that is above all memorial and educational, with the aim of denouncing the hatred that produced this suffering and passing on to younger generations the responsibility of ensuring that it does not happen again.
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Historical re-enactment
SATURDAY August 24 at the airfield 9:30am: Members welcome in Salle Sévigné for CFP Museum AGM10:30am: CFP/49 RI AGM 12:30pm: Verre de l'amitié - Meal on camp for AGM participants14:30pm: Ceremonies at Magnoac steles (Campuzan, Vieuzos, Monléon, Monlong and Chélan bridge)6:00 pm: From Chélan, movement to Château de Pernet for presentation of PC Céroni, then memorial march to Place Soulés in Castelnau7:00 pm: Reception of members for the [...]
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In the footsteps of Henri Cazaux
Information gathered by students at Argelès-Gazost secondary school about Henri Cazaux's escape route from his home to the Spanish border.
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Itinéraires d'évadés
This memorial booklet will tell you how a mountain trail, which became the path to freedom for many men and women during the Second World War, has been recognized as a memorial trail in remembrance of the fight for Victory from this year 2022.
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