The Caen Memorial Museum and the HisTéMé research laboratory of the University of Caen are proposing a scientific and cultural program on the theme of the Reconstructions.
This program will include conferences, historical study days and a scientific symposium. Students from the University of Caen who have worked on this topic as part of their master’s degree will come to Falaise to present their own work. This project will also be an opportunity to complete our collection of oral testimonies during a new campaign of witness recordings that will recount their post-war years.
This three-year program is supported by the Departmental Council of Calvados and the Community of communes of the Falaise region.
These testimonies, which will cover both the Reconstruction and the post-war years, will be
presented in the Falaise Memorial Museum.
Please contact Clothilde Mazau at +33 2 31 06 06 58 or by e-mail cmazau@memorial-caen.fr should you wish to testify.
If you wish to deposit documents or objects related to this period, please contact Clothilde Mazau at +33 2 31 06 06 58 or by e-mail cmazau@memorial-caen.fr
A dozen historians will come to present their reflections on the remains left by the conflict (the fighting, the exodus, the suffering, affected people life...) which remain in the families long after the war is over.
Download the programme below:
programme-colloque-memoires-familiales.pdf
The subjects, whose titles may still be evolving, are the following: