4-8 June: the Franco-German group meet in Normandy
A tough programme awaited the 30 to 50 young from Darmstadt and d'Évreux for this third Franco-German encounter in Normandy (2 others took place in 2019 and 2022):
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- Monday 5 june: 11h cérémony at Hill 112, hommage to David Mylchreest; meeting Gilles Osmont, Annette Figg and Tenno Dogger, représentants of remembrance associations Odon Cote 112, Memorial 112 Foundation and Deep Respect;
12h30 Discovery of Omaha Beach at St Laurent-sur-Mer;
15h : Ceremony at the German cemetery at La Cambe. The group was invited by the German Embassy in France;
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- Tuesday 6 june:
Morning: workshops on issues of history & memories in presence of Dr Jean-Michel Guieu (maître de conférence at Paris I Sorbonne, a specialist of the history of the European construction), of Mme Bocquet and Mme Benard from the Archives and Heritage Department;
Afternoon: a walk into town to discover a few sites related to the history and the politics of remembrance in Évreux, such as the statue of the Renaissance of Évreux, long forgotten locally;
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A reception was organized by the Archives and Heritage Department of the town, in order to deliver a certificate of Ambassador of Évreux memories to the pupils who took part in that project.
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Photos credits & thanks: Y. Salmon, Service Archives et patrimoine de la Ville d'Évreux
Gilles Osmont, President of association Odon-cote 112 allowed the group to be part of the hommage to David Mylchreest
The mayor enjoyed asking 2 pupils from Darmstadt to translate his speech in German; His Excellency the German Ambassador seems to enjoy the exercice
Several partners and supporters of the project were kind enough to be there: left, Douglas McCreath (Secretary of the Cameronians' association, who came to Évreux for the occasion!) and Mme Drevillon (collège J. Jaurès), Michèle Madère, daughter of the Résistant Albert Madère who died in deportation, and Mme Noé (below, right), M. Thierry Fayolle director of the local branch of Gibert bookshops, who boosted the project in 2017, and Mme Jeanne Perrin (President de AMOPA 27 - Palmes académiques)
Wednesday 7 June:
Visiting the Mémorial des civils in Falaise (the first museum dedicated to civilians);
Discovering issues of memories at the Canadian and Polish War cemeteries (Cintheaux, where Mr Jaeger, mayor and President of Comité Juno-Normandie received the group, then Urville);
Mr Jaeger, left, and the group ; Right, a Canadian couple on the site explained very kindly to the group why they had made the tip to Europe and Normandy.
