for families, the rediscovery of their ancestors
On February 16, 1943, the French state established the Compulsory Labor Service based on the model of military service. Men born between…
On February 16, 1943, the French state established the Compulsory Labor Service based on the model of military service. Men born between…
Dear fellow citizen – because you have just obtained French nationality! –, why did you want to be welcomed among the “grumbling…
Dare to dialogue in the Church “They changed the mass for us!” In 1970, when the new so-called Paul VI missal was…
It is the story of a national trauma. The Compulsory Labor Service (STO) was set up by the French state on February…
In the entrance to a pavilion in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), we prepare for a unique walk. Caroline delicately closes the straps of Ulysse’s,…
1. “The Light Adventure” by Thierry Frémeaux Ed. Actes Sud/Institut Lumière, 480 p., 53 euros. At the head of the Lumière Institute…
The bell towers of parish churches are not the only ones to evoke the vitality of the Catholic Church in France! Thus,…
When she first discovered immense geometric figures on the ground of the Peruvian desert, Maria Reiche (1903-1998) did not yet know that…
Why organize a major exhibition on mummies? The Musée de l’Homme has seventy human bodies in its collections. We cannot ignore them…
Since the Middle Ages and the creation of the very first “cabinets of curiosities”, these ancestors of museums, mummies have fascinated. Because…