“We wanted to wait until the 75th anniversary but it may be too late“, confides Gilda Valeriani, at the origin of the project. Indeed, the curators are looking for testimonies of “anyone who witnessed the tragedy and fears that it will soon disappear“. Gilda Valeriane would particularly like to learn more about Jeanne Rombaut, the 13-year-old girl who, after saving her brother and two friends, returned inside the cinema to come to the aid of her friend Thérèse. They will not come out of this furnace alive.
With the help of Didier Melin (coordinator at the City of Liège), the priest Yvon Remacle and Michel Jaspar, former director of the Saint-Louis Institute, Gilda Valeriani gathered dozens of archive photos of the fire and the intervention of the firefighters. She appeals to expand the collection and, if possible, hear stories of this tragic day.
Jeanne, like Alexis and Vicky.
-The exhibition will open its doors to the public on April 4. On April 3, visits will be exclusively reserved for school groups. On Sunday 5, at 10 a.m., a memorial mass will take place at the partially deconsecrated church of Sclessin. Entrance to the exhibition will be free.
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