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Canadian Memorial

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Location: Givenchy-En-Gohelle, Atrecht, Hauts-De-France, France

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 31, 2023

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In April 1917, the Canadians attack the German army, which was standing by on the Vimy ridge, and win the battle. But this victory came at a high price: more …

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JakobusPilger

July 29, 2023

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As a memorial to the endless number of war dead, such places are still very important today. "Now, Lord, let your servant go in peace, as you said." However, the many people buried here were by no means divorced in peace, but became victims of the war and an inhuman tyranny.
The most important and at the same time everlasting function of the soldiers' or honorary cemeteries or war cemeteries is therefore to keep the memory of this suffering alive and – every generation anew (!) – to remind people of the lasting preservation of peace.

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Olivier Duriez

March 28, 2021

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Path to the Memorial authorized on foot only

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