Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice documentation from a sombre occasion. My boss is also from Alsace; he told me once that his grandparents lived in the same village their entire life but changed citizenship 3 times. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 12 Nov 2018, at 21:48, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > > As you may know, I now live in a small village in Alsace. This area was > German in 1914, and turned French in 1918 as it was before 1870 ... > > Local people there were then forced to join the German troops, or flee, > and get enrolled on the French side only to fight their brothers or > cousins ? > > The 360 souls village lost 37 young men between 1914 and 1918. > > Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the end of that war, and I > witnessed the local celebrations and hommage. > No, it did NOT rain ... > > The series starts here: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/LPP-11-11-2018-1528.jpg.html > > Click on the right arrow to proceed to the end. > > All my be viewed larger. > > > Amities, and may peace be with us all, fovever. > > > Philippe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information