Author: FredFleury

A museum to remember

It will open in spring 2028, in Foucarville. The future museum of German war captivity will be the first entirely dedicated to this subject. To find out more. Article published in Manche’Mag April 2026 INTERVIEW WITH…Catherine Brunaud-Rhyn, Vice-President in charge of Attractiveness, Culture and Territorial Development Why does this captivity museum project make so much […]

The Foucarville museum reminds us that “denazification was possible”.

By Eric MarieArticle published in Ouest France on December 15, 2025 A museum will be created in Foucarville, on the site where over 100,000 German prisoners passed through after the D-Day landings in June 1944. It is hoped to open in 2028. “Catherine Brunaud-Rhyn, vice-president of the département, says: “This project for the first museum […]

Clap 005 – A feast for the eyes

Telling the story of wartime captivity by comparing different camps November 2025: while we wait for the austere issues to settle (building permits, financing dossiers, various authorizations, etc.), we invite you to take a little trip into the future museum!Computer-generated images, yes, but images that project us into the atmosphere of the MUCAP (Museum of […]

Clap 004 – Preliminary design: The museum takes shape

In June 2025, the museum reaches a new milestone: from the Avant-Projet Sommaire (APS) to the Avant-Projet Définitif (APD). According to the dictionary, we’ve gone from a “summary” project (concise, quick, summary, schematic) to a “definitive” project (final, firm, fixed, ultimate). There’s still a long way to go, but the definitive preliminary project takes us […]

Clap 003 – Freeze frame

A museum of captivity: what for? A sensitive subject if ever there was one, on both the German and French sides, we decided to do this “freeze frame” to take a step back and answer the question that many people may be asking. Fabien Théofilakis, head of the scientific committee, summarizes three points of entry: […]