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On November 11, France pays a final tribute to Hubert Germain, the last companion of the Liberation, who died on October 12. The opportunity for the Journal of 12/13 to return to the cross of Lorraine.
On this Thursday, November 11, France paid a final tribute to Hubert Germain, the last companion of the liberation, who died on October 12. THEhe 103rd anniversary of the Armistice was therefore the occasion to bury Hubert Germain in the crypt of the memorial of combatant France. The opportunity for the Journal of 12/13 to return to the cross of Lorraine, symbol of free and resistant France, which was cut to accompany Hubert Germain after his death.
Before his death, the resistance fighter Hubert Germain asked that a small cross of Lorraine in oak be fashioned. It’s done. He also wanted it to be built with charred wood from Notre-Dame de Paris. This Lorraine cross was created in the basement of Les Invalides, carved by a cabinetmaker. “The wood was badly bruised. It often shattered when I put it to the machine “, he explains. This symbol of France will accompany Hubert Germain to his last home, Mont Valérien.
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