A Walk Around Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation, Paris
The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation (English: Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation) is a memorial to the 200,000 people who were deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. It is located in Paris, France on the site of a former morgue, underground behind Notre Dame on Île de la Cité. It was designed by French modernist architect Georges-Henri Pingusson and was inaugurated by Charles de Gaulle in 1962.
Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation, located in Paris, France, is a memorial to the more than 200,000 people who were deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Designed by French architect, writer, teacher, and town planner Georges-Henri Pingusson (1894–1978), the memorial was inaugurated by then-President Charles de Gaulle on April 12, 1962. In the year of its opening, a brochure produced by the French survivors' group Reseau de souvenir described the memorial as a crypt, hollowed out of the sacred isle, the cradle of our nation, which incarnates the soul of France -- a place where its spirit dwells.
The memorial is shaped like a ship's prow; the crypt is accessible by two staircases and a lowered square protected by a metal portcullis. The crypt leads to a hexagonal rotunda that includes two chapels containing earth and bones from concentration camps. The walls display literary excerpts. Pingusson intended that its long and narrow subterranean space convey a feeling of claustrophobia. The memorial's entrance is narrow, marked by two concrete blocks. Inside is the tomb of an unknown deportee who was killed at the camp in Neustadt. Along both walls of the narrow, dimly lit chamber are 200,000 glass crystals with light shining through, meant to symbolize each of the deportees who died in the concentration camps; at the end of the tunnel is a single bright light. Ashes from the camps, contained within urns, are positioned at both lateral ends. Both ends of the chamber have small rooms that seem to depict prison cells. Opposite the entrance is a stark iron gate overlooking the Seine at the tip of the Île de la Cité.
The memorial is open daily from 10am to 5pm from October through March, and from 10am to 7pm from April through September. According to Time Out Paris, an annual Day of Remembrance ceremony is hosted at the memorial on the last Sunday of April.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - Cathédrale Notre Dame (2018)
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Luxembourgish: Kathedral Notre-Dame, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, German: Kathedrale unserer lieben Frau) is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It was originally a Jesuit church, and its cornerstone was laid in 1613. It is the only cathedral in Luxembourg.
The church is a noteworthy example of late gothic architecture; however, it also has many Renaissance elements and adornments. At the end of the 18th century, the church received the miraculous image of the Maria Consolatrix Afflictorum, the patron saint of both the city and the nation.
Around 50 years later, the church was consecrated as the Church of Our Lady and in 1870, it was elevated by Pope Pius IX to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
At the cemetery of the cathedral is the National Monument to the Resistance and to the Deportation. The centerpiece of the monument is the famous bronze monument by the 20th century Luxembourgish sculptor Lucien Wercollier called The Political Prisoner.
The cathedral was expanded and enlarged from 1935 to 1938.
Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg, French: Luxembourg, German: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Luxembourgish: Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad, French: Ville de Luxembourg, German: Stadt Luxemburg, Luxemburg-Stadt)[pron 2], is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (also named Luxembourg), and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 213 km (132 mi) by road from Brussels, 372 km (231 mi) from Paris, and 209 km (130 mi) from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.
As of January 2018, Luxembourg City had a population of 116,323, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune (Esch-sur-Alzette).
In 2011, Luxembourg was ranked as having the second highest per capita GDP in the world at $80,119 (PPP), with the city having developed into a banking and administrative centre. In the 2011 Mercer worldwide survey of 221 cities, Luxembourg was placed first for personal safety while it was ranked 19th for quality of living.
Luxembourg is one of the de facto capitals of the European Union (alongside Brussels and Strasbourg), as it is the seat of several institutions, agencies and bodies of the European Union, including the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, the Secretariat of the European Parliament, the European Investment Bank, the European Investment Fund, and the European Stability Mechanism.
Vel' d'Hiv Memorials
Since the movie Sarah's Key came out in 2010, people have occasionally asked me about the Vélodrome d'Hiver, which figures prominently in the movie. This short video shows the two small memorials to the Vel' d'Hiv round-up and shows how to reach them.
Background (if you've not seen the movie): On July 16 and 17, 1942, the French police, under the Vichy regime of France, on instructions from the German occupation authorities, arrested 13,152 Jews in preparation for their deportation, and crammed about 8000 of them into a multi-purpose stadium, the Vélodrome d'Hiver, located not far from the Eiffel Tower. They were held there for four days, with no food, one water faucet, no toilets, and no ventilation. The doors were locked and the windows screwed shut to prevent escape. Ultimately these Jews were deported to exterminated camps, where they were killed. Of the 13,152 Jews arrested, only about 100 survived. The incident is particularly embarrassing to France because of the number of people arrested (the largest of any French arrests during the Occupation) and the willingness and eagerness of French authorities to cooperate with the Germans, even going above and beyond their demands (the French arrested even children, even though the Germans had not asked for kids).
These two memorials are very discreet. If you aren't looking for them, you probably won't see them. One is a tiny memorial right in front of what used to be the stadium, another is a slightly larger one next to the river, hidden from the street. The stadium itself was demolished in 1959, and the space is now occupied by the Ministry of the Interior, the same government agency that carried out the arrests in 1942.
This was filmed on a very nice but unusually breezy day. Sorry about the wind noise.
Monument aux Etudiants Resistants, Gaston Watkin, Le Gardin du Luxembourg, Paris
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Located near the Latin Quarter, next to the Sorbonne, the medical school and other places of study, this memorial honors resistant by students. For this monument, made by a national subscription, the artist was inspired by the song of the Partisans:
Friend, if you fall, a friend stands out of the shadows in your place
The monument stands as the symbol of the sacrifice of youth. It was inaugurated on April 29, 1956. A ceremony in memory of the dead students for acts of resistance takes place every year between 20 and 30 May.
Songs (the song of the Partisans, the song of the Marais), letters, poems are read during the tribute by students. To my mother was written in Fresnes in June 1943. Gisele Guillemot and members of the Norman FTPF network to which they belong are sentenced to death on July 13, 1943. Fourteen men were shot at Mont Valerien, the two women, Gisele and Edmonde - the teacher of the village - are classified Nacht und Nebel and deported to Germany.
(the last fragment :)
Look Mom, we need you to understand
Listen do not cry ...
Tomorrow they'll probably kill us
It's hard to die at twenty
But under the snow wheat germ
And apple trees are budding already
Do not cry, France Tomorrow, it will be so beautiful.
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Clotaire Gaston Watkin, born September 17, 1916 in Toulouse, and died May 2 in Meudon 20111, is a French sculptor and stained glass.
From figuration to abstraction, stone stained glass, through bronze, sheet metal, concrete and steel rods, Gaston Watkin was motivated by a requirement of interiority, and working in weightlessness symbolic. He is the author of numerous monuments throughout France, for instance the Memorial students for their country, Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, and the statue of the virgin of Notre-Dame de Royan. He also made two sculptures Maille (Indre-et-Loire) for the victims of the massacre of the inhabitants of this village by German troops August 25, 1944. He is represented in Lille Palace of Fine Arts with a sculpture stone titled Sap.
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You will find numerous different monuments and statues in the Jardin du Luxembourg, and the monument Etudiants morts dans la Resistance Monument by the French sculptor Gaston Watkin is one of them.
The statue shows a man standing, and a man fallen. The artist Gaston Watkin was inspired by the song of the Partisans with a line that said; Friend, if you fall, a friend out of the shadows in your place, to depict the strength, honour and valour that the students of the Resistance had for their country.
Flowers and wreaths have been laid at the base, because it is actually a memorial monument to commemorate the students and young people who died in the French resistance during World War II.
Jardin du Luxembourg is very close to the Sorbonne and many other places of study, along with being close to the Latin Quarter of Paris, and it is these places that have the highest concentration of students.
The caption on the base reads; Erige par les etudiants en hommage a leurs aines, which translates in English to; Erected by students in tribute to their elders.
This memorial monument was sculpted in bronze, and standing at a height of 3.75 metres, it was produced in 1954 by the artist Gaston Watkin, and paid for by a national subscription, with its official inauguration within the Luxembourg Gardens taking place on the 29th April 1956.
Gaston Watkin was a French sculptor born in Toulouse in September 1916. He worked with numerous different materials from stone to marble and bronze to steel. He was also an art teacher, yet still made time to produce numerous monumental statues and memorials that can be found all over France, prior to his passing in the May of 2011.
You can find more information at parisart.nl about art in public space in Paris.
If you like to see statues in cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi etc. chose the YouTube channel Art AtSite.
German occupation of Luxembourg during World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:41 1 Eve of the invasion
00:03:43 2 Invasion
00:07:04 3 Governance
00:07:14 3.1 Military administration
00:09:51 3.2 Civil administration and annexation
00:12:13 4 Life in occupied Luxembourg
00:12:54 4.1 Germanification
00:17:08 4.2 Catholic Church
00:18:55 4.3 Resistance
00:22:30 4.3.1 Passive Resistance
00:24:35 4.4 Collaboration
00:26:14 4.5 Repression
00:28:30 5 The Holocaust
00:31:45 6 Liberation
00:33:11 7 Casualties and damage
00:33:39 8 Legacy
00:36:10 9 See also
00:36:58 10 Footnotes
00:37:07 11 Further reading
00:43:43 12 External links
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The German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II began in May 1940 after the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg was invaded by Nazi Germany. Although Luxembourg was officially neutral, it was situated at a strategic point at the end of the French Maginot Line. On 10 May 1940, the German Wehrmacht invaded Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg was initially placed under a Military administration, but later became a civilly administrated territory and finally was annexed directly into Germany. The Germans believed Luxembourg to be a Germanic state, and attempted to suppress what they perceived as alien French language and cultural influences. Although some Luxembourgers joined the resistance or collaborated with the Germans, both constituted a minority of the population. As German nationals, from 1942, many Luxembourgers were conscripted into the German military. Nearly 3,500 Luxembourgish Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. The liberation of the country by the Allies began in September 1944, but due to the Ardennes Offensive it was not completed until early 1945.
Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg
Notre-Dame Cathedral (Luxembourgish: Kathedral Notre-Dame, French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame, German: Kathedrale unserer lieben Frau) is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It was originally a Jesuit church, and its cornerstone was laid in 1613.
The church is a noteworthy example of late gothic architecture; however, it also has many Renaissance elements and adornments. At the end of the 18th century, the church received the miraculous image of the Maria Consolatrix Afflictorum, the patron saint of both the city and the nation.
Around 50 years later, the church was consecrated as the Church of Our Lady and in 1870, it was elevated by Pope Pius IX to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
At the cemetery of the cathedral is the National Monument to the Resistance and to the Deportation. The centerpiece of the monument is the famous bronze monument by the 20th century Luxembourgish sculptor Lucien Wercollier called The Political Prisoner.
The cathedral was expanded and enlarged from 1935 to 1938.
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Gedenktag der Amicale de Tambow in Luxemburg-Stadt am 6. November 1993: Beginn Kirche Gare mit Heiderscheid André, Kanounenhiwel, Kirchberg Restaurant mit GV: Junck Gaston, Steffen Jules, Bolmer Jim.
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10. Mai 1940: Luxemburg, Grand-Rue
RAD: Gembitz-Deutschwalde
WM: Altenburg, Verletzung, Flucht CSSR
POW: US, Fritzlach, Rheinwiesen
Bruder: Robert, WM
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German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:40 1 Eve of the invasion
00:03:39 2 Invasion
00:06:54 3 Governance
00:07:03 3.1 Military administration
00:09:36 3.2 Civil administration and annexation
00:11:55 4 Life in occupied Luxembourg
00:12:35 4.1 Germanification
00:16:42 4.2 Catholic Church
00:18:24 4.3 Resistance
00:21:52 4.3.1 Passive Resistance
00:23:54 4.4 Collaboration
00:25:32 4.5 Repression
00:27:46 5 The Holocaust
00:30:58 6 Liberation
00:32:21 7 Casualties and damage
00:32:48 8 Legacy
00:35:17 9 See also
00:36:02 10 Footnotes
00:36:11 11 Further reading
00:42:41 12 External links
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Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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SUMMARY
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The German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II began in May 1940 after the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg was invaded by Nazi Germany. Although Luxembourg was officially neutral, it was situated at a strategic point at the end of the French Maginot Line. On 10 May 1940, the German Wehrmacht invaded Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg was initially placed under a Military administration, but later became a civilly administrated territory and finally was annexed directly into Germany. The Germans believed Luxembourg to be a Germanic state, and attempted to suppress what they perceived as alien French language and cultural influences. Although some Luxembourgers joined the resistance or collaborated with the Germans, both constituted a minority of the population. As German nationals, from 1942, many Luxembourgers were conscripted into the German military. Nearly 3,500 Luxembourgish Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The liberation of the country by the Allies began in September 1944, but due to the Ardennes Offensive it was not completed until early 1945.
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Paris Day 1 | Travel Vlog #5
After our brief 3 days in London, we hopped on the Eurostar to Paris. Here’s what we got up to on our first day.
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Deportation Martyrs Memorial 2:38
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Berthillon 3:23
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Place Dauphine 3:49
Montparnasse Tower 3:50
Treize Bakery 4:34
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Place du Trocadero 6:08
Cruising the Seine River on the Vedettes de Paris 6:27
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Замок Туманов - Castle of Mist
Квартал Дефанс - La Défense
Кладбище Монпарнас - Montparnasse Cemetery
Кладбище Пер-Лашез - Pere Lachaise Cemetery
Консьержери - Conciergerie
Латинский квартал - The Latin quarter
Лебединый остров - Swans island
Лувр - Louvre
Люксембургский сад - Luxembourg gardens
Малый дворец - Small Palace
Мемориал жертв депортации - Memorial to victims of deportation
Монматр - Monmatr
Мост Сольферино - Solferino Bridge
Мост Александра III - Alexandra III Bridge
Мост Альма - Pont de l'Alma
Мост Двойной платы - Bridge Dual Card
Музей авиации и космонавтики в Ле Бурже - Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget
Музей Гревен - Grevin Museum
Музей Гюстава Моро - Gustave Moreau Museum
Музей Д'Орсэ - D'Orsay Museum
Музей Жакмар-Андре - Musée Jacquemart-André
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Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Ile de la Cite
Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Ile de la Cite
The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine within the city of Paris. It is the centre of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded. The western end has held a palace since Merovingian times, and its eastern end since the same period has been consecrated to religion, especially after the 10th-century construction of a cathedral preceding today's Notre Dame. The land between the two was, until the 1850s, largely residential and commercial, but has since been filled by the city's Prefecture de Police, Palais de Justice, Hôtel-Dieu hospital, and Tribunal de commerce. Only the westernmost and northeastern extremities of the island remain residential today, and the latter preserves some vestiges of its 16th-century canon's houses. As of 2013, the island's population was 981. The Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation, a memorial to the 200,000 people deported from Vichy France to the Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War, is located at the upriver end of the island.
The Île de la Cité remains the heart of Paris. All road distances in France are calculated from the 0 km point located in the Place du Parvis de Notre-Dame, the square facing Notre-Dame's pair of western towers. The Pont Neuf, the new bridge that is now the oldest bridge in Paris, was completed by Henry IV, who inaugurated it in 1607. The bronze equestrian statue of Henry IV was commissioned from Giambologna under the orders of Marie de Medici, Henry's widow and Regent of France, in 1614. After his death, Giambologna's assistant Pietro Tacca completed the statue, which was erected on its pedestal by Pietro Francavilla in 1618.
The Place Dauphine, laid out in 1609 while the Place des Vosges was still under construction and named for the Dauphin of France, the future Louis XIII, was among the earliest city-planning projects of Henry IV. The space, essentially a triangle because of its promontory location, was made over to Achille de Harlay for development. Twelve lots were sold, and forty-five irregularly sized houses were constructed behind a standardised façade. The houses were built of brick with limestone quoins supported on arcaded stone ground floors and capped by steep slate roofs with dormers, very like the contemporaneous façades of Place des Vosges.
Three medieval buildings remain on the Île de la Cité (east to west):
Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, built from 1163 on the site of a church dedicated to Saint Étienne, which in turn occupied a sacred pagan site of Roman times. During the French Revolution the cathedral was badly damaged, then restored by Viollet-le-Duc.
Louis IX's Sainte-Chapelle (1245), built as a reliquary to house the Crown of Thorns and a piece of the True Cross, enclosed within the mid-19th century Palais de Justice.
Conciergerie prison, where Marie Antoinette awaited execution in 1793.
The Île de la Cité is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and to the Île Saint-Louis. The oldest surviving bridge is the Pont Neuf ('New Bridge'), which lies at the western end of the island. The island has one Paris Métro station, Cité; and the RER station Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame on the Left Bank has an exit in the square in front of the Cathedral.
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