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  • The French military cemetery in the evening at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The French military cemetery in the evening at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Muslim section of the French military cemetery overlooking the Verdun battlefield at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The French military cemetery overlooking the Verdun battlefield at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • German military parade on the Place du Marechal Petain, (now the Place de la Mairie), during the German occupation of France in Second World War, photograph, in Sable-sur-Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Collection G Cherrier. Picture by Manuel Cohen / Further clearances required
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  • Monument to Endre Thome, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. As a parlementarian, Thome was excused from combat but volunteered to serve on the front line and was fatally injured on 10th March 1916, receiving the Legion of Honour. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Military macaw (Ara militaris), in the Menagerie or Zoo of the Jardin des Plantes, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Military treasures including weapons and a helmet, and a model of a Gaulish soldier with armour, shield, helmet and sword, 1st century BC, in the permanent exhibition of the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. The presence of both Roman and Gallic weapons in the same place suggests either Roman legions stationed here, or the presence of Gallic Auxiliary of the Roman army, or even a weapons haul taken from the enemy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The imperial suite at the military headquarters at Mogilev, 1916, with left-right, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, 1891-1942, who was involved in the murder of Rasputin, Admiral Nilov, Count Grabbe, Colonel Modvinot, General Narischkin, General Voieikot, Tsar Nicolas II, Count Freedericks, Dolgoroukov, Professor Fedorov, Councillor Yejov (inspector of imperial trains), photograph published in L'Illustration no.3869, 28th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Military Barracks or Dar al-Yund, with 3 long naves with arcades leading to a portico, separating the army headquarters from the residences, at the Palace of Madinat az-Zahra, a royal palace built 936-945 by Abd-ar-Rahman III al-Nasir, 912ñ961, Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba, outside Cordoba, Andalusia, Southern Spain. The complex was extended under Al-Hakam II, 961-976, and sacked and abandoned in 1010. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monument to Endre Thome, at the national cemetery at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, built to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. As a parlementarian, Thome was excused from combat but volunteered to serve on the front line and was fatally injured on 10th March 1916, receiving the Legion of Honour. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, holding 16,142 graves and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huts in Rivesaltes camp, photograph by Wilhelm Schiefer, German prisoner of war here until July 1947 and spokesman for the prisoners, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Photograph property of Archives privees Wilhelm Schiefer. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huts in Rivesaltes camp, photograph by Wilhelm Schiefer, German prisoner of war here until July 1947 and spokesman for the prisoners, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Photograph property of Archives privees Wilhelm Schiefer. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old barracks and wind turbines at the Camp de Rivesaltes, a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial and Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old barracks at the Camp de Rivesaltes, a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old barracks at the Camp de Rivesaltes, a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Internal courtyard at the Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photographs and audio recordings of people interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of accommodation block F, drawn on the wall of barrack no. 32 by an unknown inmate in 1941, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photographs and audio recordings of people interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photographs of the camp and audio recordings of people interned, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Hitler and audio recordings of people interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photograph of Hitler and audio recordings of people interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Testimony of Frida Schramm, who was interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Testimony of Frida Schramm, who was interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Old barracks, Camp de Rivesaltes, aerial view, a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, aerial view, museum and memorial at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, aerial view, museum and memorial at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, aerial view, museum and memorial at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, aerial view, museum and memorial at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, aerial view, museum and memorial at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France.  Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp at Le Bacares, where Spanish refugees fleeing Franco's regime were interned, photograph, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man reading information panel entitled 'Treize Chibanis Harkis', an exhibition of paintings inspired by harki families from North Africa who fled to France and were interned at Rivesaltes and other camps, in Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man photographing information panel at the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photographs of the huts and audio recordings of people interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Photographs and audio recordings of people interned in the camp, in the Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Camp de Rivesaltes Memorial, aerial view, museum and memorial at a military camp built 1938 in Rivesaltes, Pyrenees-Orientales, France. Also known as Camp Marechal Joffre, the camp was originally built as a military base, and became a camp for refugees after the Spanish Civil War, then an internment camp during the Second World War, and eventually a transit camp for Jews, 2000 of whom were transferred to Auschwitz. The Rivesaltes Memorial Museum, designed by Rudy Ricciotti, was inaugurated in 2015 to commemorate the victims of the camp. It is a half submerged monolithic concrete building containing exhibition halls, an auditorium, research centre and learning labs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bunk beds inside the military barracks at the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Military history exhibition on the second floor of the former Poudrerie or powder magazine, built to house the artillery of the military protecting the fortified town, on the Rue Francois Rabelais, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Perpignan was a military town and was fought over by France and Spain from the 15th to 17th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Scale model of Perpignan in 1686, copy of original in the Musee des Plans Reliefs in Paris, in the military history exhibition in the former Poudrerie or powder magazine, built to house the artillery of the military protecting the fortified town, on the Rue Francois Rabelais, Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Perpignan was a military town and was fought over by France and Spain from the 15th to 17th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Huts on the beach, photograph from the Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Report on the use of intelligence agents abroad by the Bureau des Menees Antinationales or BMA or Bureau of Anti-national Activities, which was set up during the Second World War to protect the military armistice, and dealt with military intelligence, dated 4th December 1940 and stamped Top Secret, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Russian Orthodox monument, built 1917 by soldiers of the Russian 2nd Special Regiment in memory of their fallen comrades, near the site of the Mourmelon military camp, beside the Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried here. An adjoining Orthodox Chapel was designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37 with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of soldier with floral tributes in the cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling.  The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map showing bombings in Barcelona and its system of air defences, in the Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Vanguardia newspaper, DECA (Republican anti-air defence authority) pass and DECA helmet (left-right), all from 1938, in the Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Barcelona Al Limit exhibition, about Barcelona's military and social history, in the bunker at MUHBA Turo de la Rovira, a regenerated heritage site on top of a 262m high hill in the suburbs of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hill houses an anti-aircraft battery from the Spanish Civil War, the Canons shantytown, municipal waterworks, quarry and abandoned military structures. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Note de Service (pour les Chefs de Section), stamped Top Secret and dated 22nd July 1940, regarding setting up the Services de Renseignements, from the collection of the Service Historique de La Defense, at the Chateau de Vincennes, Vincennes, Paris, France. This document was written by the BMA, or Bureau des Menees Antinationales or Bureau of Anti-national Activities, which was set up during the Second World War to protect the military armistice, and dealt with military intelligence. The collection includes documents of the Vichy government detailing spying activities of the French Secret Services on the German Nazi regime. The Centre Historique des Archives at Vincennes forms part of the SHD, which stores the archives of the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces. It was set up by decree in 2005. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior and cloister of the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers, some of whom are named on the plaques covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves and is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War, inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Graves at the Ossuaire de Douaumont or Douaumont Ossuary, designed by Leon Azema, Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy, inaugurated 7th August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun, to house the remains of French and German soldiers who died at the Battle of Verdun in World War One, at Douaumont, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France. The ossuary contains the remains of over 130,000 soldiers and the adjoining military cemetery holds 16,142 graves. This is the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War and was inaugurated in 1923 by Verdun veteran Andre Maginot. It has been listed as a national cemetery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Casa de la Quimica (Chemistry house), 18th century, possibly by Sabatini, left, and Great Tower of John II, Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, right, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the great Tower. The House of Chemistry, formerly a College of Chemistry now houses the Military Archives. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 16th century Northern European style slate spires, The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), visible in the distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 16th century Northern European style slate spires, The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), visible in the distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), visible in the distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Great Tower of John II, 15th century, Alcazar, 12-16th centuries,  Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), visible in the distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 16th century Northern European style slate spires, The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Alcazar, 12-16th centuries, Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain. The current Alcazar was begun by King Alfonso VIII (1155-1214) and his wife Eleanor of England (1162-1214), and rebuilt 1258. Juan (John) II (1405-54) added the Gothic style Great Tower. Philip II (1527-98) modified the roofs with slate spires in Northern European style. The Alcazar was subsequently a state prison until it became the Royal Artillery School, 1762. It was damaged by fire, 1862 and restored, 1882, becoming a Military College, 1896. Segovia Cathedral, (Catedral de Segovia, Catedral de Santa Maria), 1525-77, by Juan Gil de Hontanon (1480-1526), and continued by his son Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon (1500-1577), visible in the distance. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonel Michel Goya, docteur en histoire et spécialiste des «nouveaux conflits» à l'Irsem, l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'Ecole militaire in Paris on April 16, 2009. Colonel Michel Goya, Doctor of History and an expert on "new conflicts" at IRSEM, The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military College in Paris on April 16, 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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