Have you ever wondered what the D in D-Day stands for?
The Avions war memorial at Port Vendres quotes the now legendary tribute from Winston Churchill to the heroic pilots and aircrews who, from June to October 1940 fought the Battle of Britain.
The enemy did not always wear a German uniform.
P-O Life reader and contributor, James Trollope, bought an old photo album at auction and discovered a treasure trove…
Beneath its tranquillity lies one of the darkest chapters in the department’s history..
The poor were starving to death on the streets of Paris. In the royal palace, the king’s breakfast consisted of 4 chops, a full chicken, six poached eggs and a slice of ham, washed down with a bottle and a half of champagne.
Here, in these lonely ruins above Valmanya, Julien Panchot and his men prepared for the liberation of France, believing they could not be found.
In the shadow of the Canigou, collaborator Nessim Eskenazi would play a decisive role in one of the darkest tragedies in the department’s wartime history.
Working alongside the Gestapo, they hunted Resistance members, persecuted Jews, and profited from violence until justice caught up with them after the war.
Romer Kitching has established himself as one of the most talented contemporary painters in Roussillon.