Many a Bac (equivalent of A-Levels) student has quivered at the sight of Victor Hugo’s name on the test paper… how will you fare with this 19th century poem?
Rivesaltes. So handy for the railway. Destination: Auschwitz, via Drancy.
The Château de Castelnou was also the base of one of the most successful Allied spies of World War II
Walter Benjamin has a plaque dedicated to him in Banyuls-sur-Mer.
It is so very important that we never allow this to happen again.
Have you ever wondered why some beaches have random-looking old walls built on them?
A day out in the High Vallespir is always a pleasure.
Only fragments survive to witness the passage of more than 60,000 people interned in the Camp of Rivesaltes between 1942 and 1966.
The war is nearing it’s end. The Germans occupying France are on edge and expecting the Allied Invasion at any time.
The Comet line, so named because of the speed needed to whisk stranded airmen down through occupied France to safety, helped hundreds of allied soldiers and airmen to escape from occupied France.