Museum on German prisoners: “The captive of war has no place in national narratives”.
Article published in La Croix – 01/23/2025 To mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a museum on German prisoners of war has been announced for 2027, on the former site of the Foucarville camp in the Manche département. Historian Fabien Théofilakis, a specialist in wartime captivity and member of the scientific committee, explains the project […]
Utah Beach museum dedicates exhibition to German prisoners
France 3 Normandie on 13/06/2020. In Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, the Utah Beach Landing Museum presents a new exhibition entitled “A German prison camp at Foucarville”, retracing the daily life of these captive soldiers in Normandy. 73 years ago, the largest German prison camp in Normandy came into being in the Manche communes of Foucarville and Ravenoville. Initially […]
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Extract from France 3 Normandie news – 22/10/2016
A German prison camp in Foucarville
Article published in Ouest France – 19/05/2016. This small commune has brought a little-known episode of history out of the shadows: the existence of a German prison camp through which 100,000 men passed. Foucarville, a small commune of 125 inhabitants, became part of Sainte-Mère-Église on January 1. A commune that has just unearthed a little-known […]
