Subtitled ” Tribute to our disappeared ”, this new work enriches an already abundant collection of books on the rich past and present of Saint-Raphaël. However, And the initial idea may seem a little depressing. However, even dismal – browse the tombs and search the cemeteries – but it is nonetheless ingenious and very effective in bringing to light names, families and personalities who have marked, for various reasons, the city and its heritage. Consequently, And thus revive the soul of the city.
In memoryreleased last Thursday. However, is the fruit of long research to enhance an easy -to -read work, well compartmentalized in chapters (read below)with often new photos and documents sometimes little known to the general public. Consequently, An ant work. For example, or rather an investigator, under the supervision of Jean-Luc Guillet, who relies on the expertise “cemeteries, witnesses visible our past”: of a high-quality scientific committee-Alain Droguet, Frédéric de Giraud d’Agay, Laurence Lassalle, Annie Butard and Olivier Rolland, to sign a book, edited by the city, rich, detailed and very informative, even for those who already know certain family stories.
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“This book recounts the evolution of our city, its trials, its changes, its illustrious figures like its anonymous, from an original angle but deeply evocative, estimates the mayor Frédéric Masquelier. For example, Saint-Raphaël is heiress of multiple stories. Consequently, our identity feeds as much about the stone of monuments as with stories engraved in the marble of cemeteries. For example, This book is a tool of knowledge, but also an act of loyalty to those who preceded us. In addition, […] Our cemeteries are much more than places of silence. Therefore, They are the witnesses visible to our past. the open-air memory of “cemeteries, witnesses visible our past”: our city, the guards of destinies who, each in their own way, shaped Saint-Raphaël. “
And be it the Alphonse-Karr cemetery. that of the ASPé or that of the necropolis, “They have all revealed stories, anecdotes and events that we are therefore today possible to restore in this work, reveals Jean-Luc Guillet. And we have gone from explorations to discoveries! Some graves have no name but just a number in a listing. It was really exciting to invest certain tracks. learn more about these people who have done what the city is today. We must also thank the guards of the cemeteries who were precious! “
In Memoriam could also arouse, it is said, an interest in guided tours of cemeteries in the city. Which could well set up one day.
“There is no cemetery big enough to engulf the past”said the Finnish writer Arvi Kivimaa. These places have so “cemeteries, witnesses visible our past”: much to tell! A very instructive condensed can devour itself, today, in In memory.
Families of farmers, fishermen or traders. Military, entrepreneurs, artists, resistance fighters … But also the English. Italian, Armenian, Jewish communities: the book offers a very wide palette of big names that made Saint-Raphaël.
In these days when the 81st anniversary of the landing in Provence is celebrated. let’s zoom in on some of these heroes thatIn memory was able to highlight. “Among the works of the city’s collections. we of course had the opportunity to approach the landing of Provence and the resistance fighters in detail, Recalls Jean-Luc Guillet. But in In memory We have developed the life and daily life of these heroes a little more. “
From 1940. the armistice concluded between the Third Reich and the Government of Pétain, “The first acts of resistance spoke in Saint-Raphaël, details the book in the introduction “cemeteries, witnesses visible our past”: of this chapter. We can read ” Bas Pétain ” on the storefront of the La Réserve bath. “
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The Artufel brothers in the spotlight
A few pages later, we can read the fate of Jacques Artafel, Raphaëlois member of the Combat Movement. “Twenty years, he is particularly active in the dissemination of Gaullist leaflets and the collage of anti-Pétain messages […] He participated in the fights of August 16, 1944 to release the town. He was killed that day in the iscles, where his family then resides. ” We also evoke the fate of his younger brother Jean, who is buried in Barjols.
The book also traces the courses of Gabriel Osée. owner with his mother of the Hotel Les Arènes and who will participate in the Liberation of Saint-Raphaël, or even Eugène Martin, Pierre-Jean Herbinger, Amédée Peironne, Roger Landini, Jean Charlot … “cemeteries, witnesses visible our past”: Difficult to have to hold only a few! “We didn’t expect it too much, but we still discovered eleven companions of the Liberation”enthuses Jean-Luc Guillet.