[Leica] IMG: WWI celebrations in rural France -> Philippe

[Lluis Ripoll]

Philippe,

This belongs to the WWII but the same principle

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-fQRhhumU>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWj4BzV-TY>

Unfortunately some of today’s people think that DE Gaulle is a “Porta-Avions”

Amitiés
Lluis


> El 13 nov 2018, a les 23:24, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> va escriure:
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> 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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 12 Nov 2018, at 21:48, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> 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 ... 
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>> 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 …
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>> The 360 souls village lost 37 young men between 1914 and 1918.
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>> Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the end of that war, and I witnessed the local celebrations and hommage. 
>> No, it did NOT rain ...
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>> The series starts here: 
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/LPP-11-11-2018-1528.jpg.html
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>> Click on the right arrow to proceed to the end.
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>> All my be viewed larger.
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>> Amities, and may peace be with us all, fovever.
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>> Philippe
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