Express guided tour of the Heritage House and the provisional cities

Name: Express guided tour of the Heritage House and the provisional cities
Start: 2022-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Maison du Patrimoine et des cités provisoires

In less than an hour, come and discover the astonishing and little-known story of an American military camp that has become a place of residence for thousands of Havrais victims in the aftermath of th

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Upon registration (maximum gauge per visit: 15 pers)

Registration

maison-patrimoine@gonfreville-l-orcher.fr 02 35 13 16 53

Maison du Patrimoine et des Cités Provisoires

Cigarette camps were transit camps for GI’s waiting to return home. At Gonfreville l'Orcher, the "Philip Morris" camp saw more than a million men pass through between 1945 and 1947, before serving as an emergency city for 35 years for Havens deprived of housing following the bombing of 1944. During your "express" visit, you will relive the American presence in the region of Le Havre and you will meet former inhabitants of these temporary cities who will evoke their daily life in these homes without comfort.

About the location

Maison du Patrimoine et des cités provisoires

2a rue du 8 mai 1945, 76700 Gonfreville-l'Orcher

Seine-Maritime
Normandie

From cigarette camps to provisional cities. From cigarette camps to provisional cities . The scenography presents on different media and models , the history of the former inhabitants of these provisional cities .
1st barracks A room dedicated to the American presence in the territory of Gonfreville l'Orcher
Then, the visitor goes through an interpretation centre that allows him to understand the different social issues of the provisional cities (listening to testimony, watching films, photographs and various documents, models, etc.)
2nd Barracks
Visit of a typical barracks of the 1960s.