It Could Have Been You

It could have been you...

YourYour own own memory memory cross-border experienceexperience

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 © Plus Jamais Ça • Meal and overnight stay at the Fort de Lantin

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 © Château de Clervaux Family of Man • Meal at Bastogne War Museum • Bastogne War Museum + mock trial • 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 • Verdun’s underground citadel © CTQ-TGV © Getty Images

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YourYour own own memory memory cross-border experienceexperience What to expect:

Guided tour from la Chartreuse to Robermont’s cemetery: a Family of Man exhibition: following a world tour, the final deeply moving tribute to Liège’s Resistance fighters. full exhibition of Edward Steichen’s collection, featuring 503 Interallied Memorial: this world-unique monument was built photographs by 273 contributors from 68 countries, is on in tribute to the millions of men and women killed in action. permanent display at Château de Clervaux. Visit to the Fort de Loncin: now a military cemetery, it was National Military History Museum, Diekirch: delve deep into destroyed by ”Big Bertha” on 15 August 1914, crushing 350 of the Battle of the Bulge, including a collection of personal its defenders in the rubble. anecdotes. Les Territoires de la Mémoire / ”Never again” exhibition: Latour Museum: the tragic history of Latour and surrounding journey through the Nazi camps to counter intolerance today. battlefields. Baugnez 44 Museum: this museum tells the story of the Camp Marguerre + Dusey Canon: a concrete barrack, it was notorious Baugnez / Malmedy massacre, where 84 American used to test the material’s strength. The canon will give you an prisoners were killed by Lieutenant-Colonel Peiper’s troops on idea of that long-range weapon’s power. 17 December 1944. Visit to the sugared almond factory in Verdun: how did this Visit to Malmedy: mistakenly bombed three times by the sweet treat become the symbol of celebration? To find out, we Americans, this small town suffered heavy losses to its visit Verdun, home of the sugared almond. population but also to the GIs stationed there. Eparges Ridge: a fascinating site whose bomb craters illustrate Visit to the 83rd Thunderbolt Division: life-size diorama of the the intensity of the fighting, the scars of mine warfare. village of Bihain’s liberation with an exclusive showcase of Tony Montsec Hill American Memorial: standing atop a hill used as Vaccaro’s photos. a German observation post, it commemorates the First U.S. 101st Airborne Division Museum: located in a former Belgian Army’s 1918 offensive. army officers’ mess, this museum presents the history of the Inaugurated in 1932, Douaumont Ossuary, a symbol of 101st Airborne Division and units involved in the Siege of Franco-German reconciliation, contains the remains of 130,000 Bastogne in December 1944–January 1945. soldiers. Bastogne War Museum + mock trial: explore the complexity Verdun’s underground citadel: aboard an audio-guided shuttle, of human reactions in extreme situations and take part in a find out more about the daily life of French soldiers during the recreated trial. Great War. Visit to the town of Clervaux: a walking tour filled with history and anecdotes will take you right back to the time.

CONTACT

Céline Lichterte +32 (0)42 79 69 80 [email protected]

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