Performance for Peace in Caen, Normandy, France, July 5, 2023: The "Mémorial de Caen" commemorates the thousands of victims of World War II, both, soldiers and civilians, who died in the Battle of Normandy in 1944. It is dedicated to the history of violence and intensive, outstanding conflicts in the 20th Century, particularly World War II. In its function as a peace center, it wants to transport as a basic idea the "spirit of reconciliation". The inscription on the building's facade by the local poet Paul Dorey says: "The pain broke me, the fraternity relieved me, of my wound sprang a river of freedom“. We were delighted by the sculpture "Non-violence" in front of the Entrance, a pistol with a knot in the barrel, by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd. It speaks from our heart: "Peace! Diplomacy instead of weapon deliveries!“ In order to keep a dignified distance from the memorial we have presented the portraits next to the building on the lawn.
Performance for Peace in Caen, France, July 6, 2023 in front of the "Mémorial de Caen" with the sculpture "Non-violence" by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd.
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Bertha von Suttner was a pacifist, peace researcher, journalist and writer. In 1906 she was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In her award speech she presented a 3-point plan for overcoming conflicts between states without violence. Peace and acceptance of all people and all nations were her highest ideal. In 1889 she published her pacifist novel "Lay Down Your Arms!" (later translated into 20 languages), which caused a sensation and made her one of the most prominent representatives of the international peace movement. As president of peace societies, she attended peace conferences and informed people about the dangers and interests of the arms industry. She advocated stable peace systems, arbitration treaties, a peace union for all states and an international court of justice. She travelled to America twice, where she gave lectures for peace and warned against rearmament and a war of annihilation. She died in 1914, just a few weeks before World War I, which she had repeatedly warned about.
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Making of Bertha von Suttner in Dieppe, France, July 8, 2023.
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Performance for Peace from Lisbon to Moscow, May 20 - July 8, 2023: Aveiro, Lisbon, Madrid, Gernika-Lumo (Guernica), Bordeaux, Orléans, Paris, Versailles, Caen, Dieppe.
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