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The Wehrmacht Deserters
Under Hitler’s rule, 30,000 soldiers from the German army, the Wehrmacht, were condemned to death as objectors or deserters. 20,000 were executed. Those who were pardoned were sent to “punishment battalions” on the Eastern Front. 4,000 returned from the war.
Today, fewer than 300 former deserters s...
Patron or Pygmalion, a portrait of Misia Sert
Within the particular context of before and after the First World War, Misia Sert, who came to France from Poland as a child, helped to bring out and prescribe the major musical innovations of the beginning of the century. A patron and friend of Diaghilev and Stravinsky, she was also friends with Co...
LUC SIMON, PAINTER OF LIGHT
Baroque artist, fervent Rimbaldian and descendant of one of the most illustrious glassmaking families in Reims, Luc Simon returns to his roots by creating eight stained glass windows for the church of Our Lady of Lucy-sur-Yonne, a small village near Vezelay. Following the creation of these windows t...
ALEKAN THE MAGNIFICENT
An alchemist of shadow and light, Henri Alekan was one of the most talented cinematographers of the twentieth century. He enhanced the lighting of numerous masterpieces ("The Battle of the Rails," "Wings of Desire," "Beauty and the Beast"...) and worked with some of the most prestigious directors, i...
