🔴Live from Normandy: WWII history at the Caen Memorial
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The WWII museum was built
The WWII museum was built right above a former German HQ and is located at the heart of the Normandy region, just a few miles away from the landing beaches.
The Mémorial museum is located in Caen, Normandy, France, and commemorates World War II and the Battle for Caen. It is dedicated to the history of the twentieth century and mainly focuses on the fragility of peace. Its main goal is to ""pay tribute to the martyred city of the liberation"" as well as the allied war effort.
The museum was officially opened on June 6, 1988, for the 44th anniversary of D-Day by French President François Mitterand. This original building deals primarily with World War II, looking at the causes and course of the conflict, and offers a 200 square meters room dedicated to D-Day itself and the battle of Normandy.
Carved on the front wall is the following inscription: ""Pain broke me, fraternity relieved me, from my wounds sprang a river of freedom"" (sentence by Paul Dorey, a deputy and somehow local poet who speaks on behalf of the city). On the esplanade of the museum, one can see the flags of all the nations involved in the Battle of Normandy, as well as a revolver’s sculpture representing Non-violence (by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd.)
In 2002, The museum was subsequently extended with a new exhibition space dealing with the Cold War and was opened by President Jacques Chirac in 2002. It features neutralized warheads, warplanes, and a large section of the Berlin Wall.
Three memorial gardens, The American, The British, and the Canadian are dedicated to the three main allied nations involved in liberating France.
In 2008, the Caen Memorial, in partnership with the New York State Museum was the very first museum in Europe to present an exhibition dedicated to 9/11. In 2021, 20 years after the attacks, the Caen Memorial will again explore the events through a new exhibition entitled “The World after 9/11”. The purpose is to show and explain the consequences of the responses, especially American ones, in the world. It is about saying that indeed that morning of September 11, 20 years ago, the world was about to change.
Visit the Caen Memorial's website for more infos:
http://normandy.memorial-caen.com
Follow on the Caen Memorial:
Facebook: Facebook: LeMemorialDeCaen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memorialcae...
Twitter: Twitter: CaenMemorial
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The Mémorial museum is located in Caen, Normandy, France, and commemorates World War II and the Battle for Caen. It is dedicated to the history of the twentieth century and mainly focuses on the fragility of peace. Its main goal is to ""pay tribute to the martyred city of the liberation"" as well as the allied war effort.
The museum was officially opened on June 6, 1988, for the 44th anniversary of D-Day by French President François Mitterand. This original building deals primarily with World War II, looking at the causes and course of the conflict, and offers a 200 square meters room dedicated to D-Day itself and the battle of Normandy.
Carved on the front wall is the following inscription: ""Pain broke me, fraternity relieved me, from my wounds sprang a river of freedom"" (sentence by Paul Dorey, a deputy and somehow local poet who speaks on behalf of the city). On the esplanade of the museum, one can see the flags of all the nations involved in the Battle of Normandy, as well as a revolver’s sculpture representing Non-violence (by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd.)
In 2002, The museum was subsequently extended with a new exhibition space dealing with the Cold War and was opened by President Jacques Chirac in 2002. It features neutralized warheads, warplanes, and a large section of the Berlin Wall.
Three memorial gardens, The American, The British, and the Canadian are dedicated to the three main allied nations involved in liberating France.
In 2008, the Caen Memorial, in partnership with the New York State Museum was the very first museum in Europe to present an exhibition dedicated to 9/11. In 2021, 20 years after the attacks, the Caen Memorial will again explore the events through a new exhibition entitled “The World after 9/11”. The purpose is to show and explain the consequences of the responses, especially American ones, in the world. It is about saying that indeed that morning of September 11, 20 years ago, the world was about to change.
Visit the Caen Memorial's website for more infos:
http://normandy.memorial-caen.com
Follow on the Caen Memorial:
Facebook: Facebook: LeMemorialDeCaen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memorialcae...
Twitter: Twitter: CaenMemorial
Tik Tok: TikTok: lememorialdecaen
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