{"id":3188,"date":"2025-06-23T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum-dascamp.com\/the-birth-of-the-project\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T05:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:34:27","slug":"the-birth-of-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mucap.eu\/en\/the-birth-of-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The birth of the project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3188\" class=\"elementor elementor-3188 elementor-3185\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5159270c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5159270c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c35b7f4 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c35b7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The birth of the project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71134c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71134c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2017: publication of the book \u201cPrisonniers allemands en Normandie, un camp am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 Foucarville\u201d, ed OREP, co-authored by Anne Broilliard and Benoit Leno\u00eal. A friendship develops between Alice Kennedy-Hall, daughter of the camp commander, and Anne Broilliard, on both sides of the Atlantic&#8230;. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d03ab8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d03ab8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2ad403 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2ad403\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a95a23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60a95a23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1122\" height=\"1468\" src=\"https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prisonniers-allemands-en-Normandie-ED.-OREP.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2670\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prisonniers-allemands-en-Normandie-ED.-OREP.jpeg 1122w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prisonniers-allemands-en-Normandie-ED.-OREP-229x300.jpeg 229w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prisonniers-allemands-en-Normandie-ED.-OREP-783x1024.jpeg 783w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Prisonniers-allemands-en-Normandie-ED.-OREP-768x1005.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">German prisoners in Normandy ed. OREP <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40dac412 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40dac412\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f869a04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f869a04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From 2017 to 2021, Cel Kennedy&#8217;s daughter is gradually transferring her father&#8217;s archives to the Cotentin region. In Foucarville, at the dedication of the first book on the history of the CCPWE19, she sends a message to the younger generations in the spirit of reconciliation that inspired her father. In 2021, the Warren J. Kennedy Foundation (hosted by the Fondation M\u00e9rim\u00e9e, which is recognized as a public utility) was created to make good use of this documentary collection. In this way, the Foundation will safeguard all archive donations concerning the museum.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5a774e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d5a774e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4d83fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b4d83fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51318c09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51318c09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As Colonel W. J. Kennedy put it when he laid the foundation stone for the Prisoners&#8217; Cathedral in June 1945, &#8220;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e798d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e798d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_level&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_opacity_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;It was the first time in my military career I ever had a chance to build something instead of to destroy&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f88ea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13f88ea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Cel Warren J. Kennedy<br><em>Camp Commander<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c8ca7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f8c8ca7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7240b8be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7240b8be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60ad9458 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60ad9458\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The CCPWE19 was the site of an unprecedented experiment in &#8220;reorienting&#8221; Hitler&#8217;s soldiers through culture and learning.<\/strong><\/p><p>It was also the scene of some wonderful stories of friendship and solidarity between the captives and their guards.<\/p><p>This very rich collection, &#8220;at human level&#8221;, <strong>reserves a very important part for the prisoners<\/strong> themselves, and has inspired a team of enthusiasts to launch an unprecedented project: the creation of a <strong>museum adjacent to the camp site.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>To help people understand and feel how captivity was a transformative experience, helping to bring Europe out of the war and build a lasting peace, we bring together American, German, French and neutral viewpoints,<\/li><li>To resurrect this vanished world for visitors <strong>who may be the children and grandchildren of<\/strong> those who fought in Normandy.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7350e58c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7350e58c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce7642e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce7642e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1124\" height=\"1115\" src=\"https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DASCAMP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2446\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DASCAMP.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DASCAMP-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DASCAMP-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DASCAMP-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mucap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/DASCAMP-768x762.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Camp entrance: watercolor painted by a prisoner.  <br>Warren J. Kennedy Collection<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eae383a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eae383a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ad2c7e animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25ad2c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Helping us...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101ac462 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"101ac462\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;100&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If we are to succeed in faithfully writing this still little-known page of European history, we need to<strong> complete the collections.<\/strong> We are therefore appealing for your support to help us : <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49bd120 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49bd120\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e2821f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e2821f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6044ff4a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6044ff4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Expand the circle of<\/strong> living <strong>witnesses<\/strong> and their direct descendants, ready to testify in writing or orally<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d28322 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31d28322\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1161fdf9 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1161fdf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Find documents from the period<\/strong> &#8211; archives, diaries, letters, objects, etc. &#8211; related to <strong>the<\/strong> selected camps. &#8211; related to the camps selected:   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda8424 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dda8424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>CCPWE19<\/strong> in Foucarville (France)<\/li><li><strong>depots 14<\/strong> at Douai, <strong>151<\/strong> at Sainte-Marthe and <strong>152<\/strong> at Aubagne (France)<\/li><li>Featherstone Park <strong>Camp 18<\/strong>, Haltwhistle, Northumberland (UK)<\/li><li><strong>Sosnowiec camp<\/strong> (Poland), <strong>L\u0119dziny camp<\/strong> near the &#8220;Piast&#8221; and &#8220;Ziemowit&#8221; mines, <strong>Jawiszowice camp<\/strong> near the Brzeszcze mine and <strong>Siemianowice camp \u015al\u0105skie<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6e855a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7b6e855a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b5db44 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29b5db44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Collect any information<\/strong> that would contribute to a better understanding of this subject.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ed2de5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64ed2de5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f0793c3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f0793c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three generations after the end of the war, when the last witnesses of this period can still pass on the baton, and Europe is once again experiencing war, our project aims to seize a <strong>historical moment<\/strong> to explore the captivity of military prisoners in Normandy, and to insert it into a transnational history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654b4ab2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"654b4ab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">  A PROJECT OF INTERNATIONAL SCOPE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cde129b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cde129b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;100&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our project is supported by public bodies, major patrons and several French institutions such as<\/p><p>the <b>Service Historique de la D\u00e9fense <\/b>(SHD), the<b>\u00c9tablissement de Communication et de Production Audiovisuelle de la D\u00e9fense<\/b> (ECPAD) and the <b>Archives d\u00e9partementales du Nord<\/b>, as well as international archives such as the <b>Bundesarchiv, <\/b>the <b>Deutsches Tagebucharchiv <\/b>(DTA)<b>,<\/b> and the <b>International Committee of the Red Cross <\/b>(ICRC), not forgetting our very active &#8220;Cercle des t\u00e9moins et descendants directs&#8221; (German, American and Norman).<\/p><p>Our project is selfless. It will be carried out exclusively by the non-profit<strong>Warren J. 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