The Association's Board of Directors has approved the principle of an unprecedented collaboration with the Guide du Routard® and Hachette Editions for the publication in October 2025 of a guide to the Chemins de la Liberté in the Pyrenees. This partnership with Hachette Editions is an extraordinary opportunity for our Association," says Mr. Béziers, "to design and distribute a Guide du Routard® based on the twelve routes we have documented and proposed for certification [...].
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From November 8 to 9, 2024, members of the association and their partners welcomed Maria Gravari Barbas, a professor at the University of Paris, who was commissioned by the Permanent Secretariat of the Council of Europe's Cultural Routes to assess the application of the Itinéraires Liberté Pyrénées Europe. During the visit, Ms Gravari Barbas was able to discover five of the twelve routes proposed for certification and meet a number of partners, before exchanging views with all the members of the [...].
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On October 17 and 18, 2024, a major symposium was held in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales). The theme was "Les Passeurs et les évadés durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale" ("Smugglers and escapees during the Second World War"). A total of 16 contributors contributed to renewing the history and historiography of escape networks to Spain and the diplomatic stakes involved. The event was well attended, with 245 participants. In addition to the conferences, school workshops were organized around this theme. A tribute was paid to the historian [...].
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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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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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Every summer for the past 30 years, the association "Le chemin de la Liberté" de Saint-Girons en hashtag#Couserans has organized a four-day memorial and sporting hashtag#randonnée along one of the most difficult escape routes of the 39-45 war through the central Pyrenees to northern Spain, between Saint-Girons and Esterri d'Aneu. It was the route most often used by smugglers, as the complexity and vastness of the terrain made it difficult for the occupying forces to monitor. A [...]
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Another step towards the submission of our application to the European Institute of Cultural Routes, Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Programme Professor Robert Belot of the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, who co-chairs our scientific committee, discovered the Chemin de la Liberté at hashtag#Marignac, the historic station at hashtag#Saléchan, and took part in a working session on the preparation of our application. Professor Robert Belot of the Université Jean Monnet [...]
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The clandestine escape from France over the Pyrenees, between France and Spain, is a unique phenomenon in the history of the Second World War, and perhaps in all of history. And yet, those who lived through this perilous adventure have always felt left out of the collective memory. It's as if a misfortune of memory has pursued them. I'm proud to have devoted the first comprehensive study to this little-known page of history in my book Aux [...].
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BD - Crossing the Pyrenees in October 1943 My name is Josette. A long time ago, on foot, with my parents and other people. I was a little girl. It was wartime and we wanted to live, without being in danger. We escaped. It was cold... Comic strip: Crossing the Pyrenees in October 1943
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