It Could Have Been You... Your Own Memory Cross-Border Experience

Land of Memory It could have been you... Your own memory cross-border experience

6 days/5 nights

Day 1 • Guided tour from la Chartreuse to Robermont’s cemetery • Cointe Interallied Memorial • Meal at Brasserie Liégeoise • Visit to the Fort de Loncin • Meal and overnight stay at the Fort de Lantin © Plus Jamais Ça Day 2 • Les Territoires de la Mémoire: ”Never again” exhibition • Meal at Le Terminus (Malmedy) • Baugnez 44 Museum • Visit to Malmedy • Meal and overnight stay at Hotel Floréal

Day 3 • Visit to the 83rd Thunderbolt Division • 101st Airborne Division Museum • Meal at Bastogne War Museum • Bastogne War Museum + mock trial © Château de Clervaux Family of Man • Meal and overnight stay at Hotel Koener

Day 4 • Visit to the town of Clervaux • Family of Man exhibition • Meal in St Fiacre restaurant • National Military History Museum, Diekirch • Meal at Schumann’s Eck restaurant • Overnight stay at Hôtel de la Sûre

Day 5 © C. Lichterte • Visit to Latour Museum • Meal in Latour • Camp Marguerre + Dusey Canon • Visit to the sugared almond factory in Verdun • Meal and overnight stay at Accueil Benoîte-Vaux

Day 6 • Eparges Ridge • Montsec hill American Memorial • Meal at L’Abri des Pèlerins • Douaumont Ossuary © CTQ-TGV • Verdun’s underground citadel © Getty Images

groups-landofmomery.eu Land of Memory It could have been you... Your own memory cross-border experience What to expect:

Guided tour from la Chartreuse to Robermont’s cemetery: a deeply Visit to the town of Clervaux: a walking tour filled with history and moving tribute to Liège’s Resistance fighters. anecdotes will take you right back to the time.

Interallied Memorial: this world-unique monument was built in Family of Man exhibition: following a world tour, the final full tribute to the millions of men and women killed in action. exhibition of Edward Steichen’s collection, featuring 503 photographs by 273 contributors from 68 countries, is on permanent display at Visit to the Fort de Loncin: now a military cemetery, it was destroyed Château de Clervaux. by ”Big Bertha” on 15 August 1914, crushing 350 of its defenders in the rubble. National Military History Museum, Diekirch: delve deep into the Battle of the Bulge, including a collection of personal anecdotes. Les Territoires de la Mémoire / ”Never again” exhibition: journey through the Nazi camps to counter intolerance today. Latour Museum: the tragic history of Latour and surrounding battlefields. Baugnez 44 Museum: this museum tells the story of the notorious Baugnez / Malmedy massacre, where 84 American prisoners were Camp Marguerre + Dusey Canon: a concrete barrack, it was used to killed by Lieutenant-Colonel Peiper’s troops on 17 December 1944. test the material’s strength. The canon will give you an idea of that long-range weapon’s power. Visit to Malmedy: mistakenly bombed three times by the Americans, this small town suffered heavy losses to its population but also to Visit to the sugared almond factory in Verdun: how did this sweet the GIs stationed there. treat become the symbol of celebration? To find out, we visit Verdun, home of the sugared almond. Visit to the 83rd Thunderbolt Division: life-size diorama of the village of Bihain’s liberation with an exclusive showcase of Tony Eparges Ridge: a fascinating site whose bomb craters illustrate the Vaccaro’s photos. intensity of the fighting, the scars of mine warfare.

101st Airborne Division Museum: located in a former Belgian army Montsec Hill American Memorial: standing atop a hill used as a officers’ mess, this museum presents the history of the 101st German observation post, it commemorates the First U.S. Army’s Airborne Division and units involved in the Siege of Bastogne in 1918 offensive. December 1944–January 1945. Inaugurated in 1932, Douaumont Ossuary, a symbol of Franco- Bastogne War Museum + mock trial: explore the complexity of German reconciliation, contains the remains of 130,000 soldiers. human reactions in extreme situations and take part in a recreated trial. Verdun’s underground citadel: aboard an audio-guided shuttle, find out more about the daily life of French soldiers during the Great War.

CONTACT

Céline Lichterte +32/42 79 69 80 [email protected]

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