Metz. “History belongs to everyone”: young people are popularizing the past, not without difficulty

With the preview of the documentary "In the Footsteps of the Battle of Metz" (1944), young people, under the leadership of Metz en Guerre and the Historiateurs, are also sharing their "passion" on social media. In "a very closed world," their predecessors can therefore take a critical look at their work: "Age does not go hand in hand with knowledge."

The youth associations Les Historiateurs and Metz en Guerre took a year to make the documentary. Photo: Martin Gaboriau

The queue several meters long outside the Klub on Friday, April 25, speaks volumes about the interest in the documentary "In the Footsteps of the Battle of Metz." To have had the chance to view the documentary, reservations in advance were required. "There are no more places," assures Antoine Krutten, president of the Historians' Association. The 180 seats in room 3 have been taken.

The reward for a long-term project between the Historians and Metz en Guerre associations on the Battle of Metz, which took place from August 27 to 13...

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