Thanks for including us in this significant event.
...Wayne
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> Subject: [OM] Nathan's PAD 18/7/2021: an important day
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> Yesterday was the main reason why part of the international Wajsman family
> was gathered in Le Mans.
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> On July 16th 1942, most French Jews were rounded up by the Vichy regime,
> interned in a camp in France and then transported to Auschwitz for the final
> solution. Among them was my uncle Joseph, 11 years old at the time, his
> parents and his two sisters. All perished at Auschwitz—except Joseph, who
> managed to escape the internment camp with a friend of similar age. He
> survived the rest of the war hiding in a village in the Loire valley,
> pretending
> to be just another village boy, and after liberation he made his life in Le
> Mans
> where he has lived ever since.
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> Every year, on the Sunday closest to the anniversary of the roundup, there is
> a solemn commemorative ceremony on the square in front of the prefecture
> (seat of the central government in Le Mans, kind of like the Federal Buidling
> in an American city), with a couple of speeches by Joseph and the prefect as
> the main events. I have attended it in the past, it is always a very solemn
> occasion, and as the years go on, it becomes more and more difficult for
> Joseph to deal with the emotions. This year he is 90, and there was some
> suggestion from his children that perhaps he should let his son Francis read
> his speech for him, but Joseph insisted on doing it himself, and in the end it
> went very well. Here are a few images from the ceremony.
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> The overall setting, Joseph giving the speech at the monument to the
> victims, with representatives of veterans in the background:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Wb3TTbz/A
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> Joseph wanted to speak flanked by his grandchildren—the continuation of
> the family that they represent is very important to him:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-P8wQzGg/A
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> The veterans displaing the colours. Notice the Union Jack, once again
> showing the bonds across the channel, Brexit be damned:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7THs5Cd/A
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> After the ceremony, flowers were place in front of the monument by various
> dignitaries:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-XNr4XRD/A
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> And then a nice surprise—the family and closest friends of Joseph were
> invited inside the prefecture for a personal talk by the prefect and a drink:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zHhK6tv/A
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Mtq4HN2/A
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> After all that, tired but happy, we returned to Joseph’s house a few minutes’
> walk away, and had a nice garden BBQ.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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