Visit of the temporary exhibition «1940, de Gaulle, la Résistance en Nord–Pas-de-Calais»

Name: Visit of the temporary exhibition «1940, de Gaulle, la Résistance en Nord–Pas-de-Calais»
Start: 2021-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-09-18T19:00:00+02:00
Location: La Coupole

Saturday 18 September 2021, 18:00Passed

Conditions

€5/ adult - €3.50/ youth

Registration

03.21.12.27.27 lacoupole@lacoupole.com

La Coupole

The exhibition aims to show how the Call of June 18, 1940 became the founder of the spirit of resistance, but also to pay tribute to the men and women of the region who, from the first days of the Occupation, refused defeat and decided to continue the fight despite the signing of the Armistice.

About the location

La Coupole

Rue André Clabaux - 62570 Wizernes

Pas-de-Calais
Hauts-de-France

The dome of Helfaut-Wizernes, or dome of Helfaut, is a bunker of the Second World War, today centre of history(story) and of report(memory), located in the municipality of Helfaut, near(about) Saint-Omer. Of code names Bauvorhaben 21 and Schotterwerk Nordwest, it was built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to serve as a basis of launch for rockets V2 aiming at London and at the South of England. The most important structure of this complex, built in an old(former) career(quarry) of chalk, is a huge concrete dome where from its modern name comes. This dome was built above a network of tunnels, of warehouses, of installations of launch and of barracks.