Video: 70 years since the liberation of Paris: a look into the past
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi troops. The decisive battle was preceded by a 4-year occupation of France and long, exhausting battles. The long-awaited turning point occurred on June 6, 1944, when the 156,000-strong Allied army entered French territory. As for the battle for Paris, it lasted 6 days (from 19 to 25 August 1944) and ended with the overthrow of the Nazi regime in the capital of France.
In memory of this historic event, the photographer Julien Knez prepared a unique collection, where he tried to combine old photographs of the war years with modern images of the sights of Paris. The striking contrast between the past and the present is highlighted by the black and white range of historical photographs and evidence of destruction after a week of battle. Tanks drive by instead of sparkling cars. Painted walls in old photographs are destroyed. And the protagonists of those years were clearly not carefully dressed gentlemen, but tired soldiers in dusty uniforms.
With his collection, the photographer wanted to remind the French of those people, thanks to whom they can now safely drink coffee in the morning and stroll along the embankment. To show that everything can be different, therefore, waking up in the morning, each of us should say “thank you” for starting this day. He is trying to tell about this Vimia memorial in France, built in memory of the Canadian soldiers who died in the First World War.
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