Exhibition: in Port-Louis, the Liberation through the lens of Germaine Kanova
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Zouaves from the 2nd Zouave Battalion, a unit assigned to Combat Command 3 (CC3), are stationed in front of Fützen. April 26, 1945 Germaine Kanova
To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Lorient Pocket, an exhibition pays tribute to Germaine Kanova. The first French woman war correspondent, she immortalized humanity amidst the violence of combat with a keen sense of framing.
In the powder magazine of the citadel of Port-Louis, at the outposts of the harbor of Lorient (Morbihan), black and white photographs bear witness to Germaine Kanova's unique perspective on the Liberation. Long unknown, this exceptional photographer is finally emerging from the shadows thanks to a retrospective dedicated to her, just fifty years after her death, by the Musée de la Marine (1). Some of her photographs can also be seen at the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation, in Paris , as part of an exhibition on the discovery of the camps organized by the National Office of Combatants and Victims of War (ONaCVG) (2).
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