Commémorations et animations autour du 78e anniversaire de la capitulation nazie de 1945

At 4pm Place des Républicains Espagnols - Inauguration of an ephemeral monument in homage to the soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division of General Leclerc, and in particular to the "Nueve" (9th company of the Chad marching regiment, a famous unit of the 2nd DB made up of Spanish Republicans), with the laying of a wreath and readings by the students (Bachibac section and European Spanish section) of Mrs. Thiéry, History and Geography teacher at the Clément-Marot high school, within the framework of a memorial project labeled "Heirs of Memory" by the Ministry of the Armythis is part of a memorial project labeled "Héritiers de Mémoire" by the Ministry of the Armed Forces. At 4:45 p.m. in the Henri-Martin Room of the Cahors City Hall - Projection of the virtual exhibition of Mrs. Thiéry's students retracing the crossed destinies of General Leclerc and Lieutenant Amado Granell, officer of the Nueve. Exhibition of authentic objects related to the Liberation of Paris by the 2nd DB, realized with the help of the association of the museum of the Resistance, the Deportation and the Liberation of the Lot and of a private collector. These two animations are proposed within the framework of the anniversary of the death of the general Leclerc. At 8:30 p.m. in the Henri-Martin room of the Cahors town hall -Conference-debate by Gilles Alfonsi, independent researcher, author of the book "Sortis de l'ombre investigation on the ignored massacres of the Das Reich division". The speaker will discuss in particular the continued presence of soldiers from this Waffen-SS division in southwestern France after the announcement of the landings, the German strategy of repression, the role of denunciation in the launching of certain reprisal operations and the consequences of these war crimes through concrete cases. The book "Sortis de l'ombre" (Out of the Shadows) can be purchased and signed at the end of the conference.