At the beginning of the war, the lightening swift advance of the German armies propel three million French and Belgian civilians into flight, who land eventually in Vichy France.
These refugees, originally well-received, will shortly come to know distrust and humiliation. What is the beef against these “Krauts of the Nord”?
Commentary: Romane Bohringer
Illustrations: Olivier Sarrazin
Image: Jérôme Kempa
Sound: Patrick Maenhout
Editing: Caroline Descamps
Music: Make Me Sound – Lionel Raepsaet and Maxime Catteloin
In coproduction with France Télévisions and Pictanovo with the support of the Nord-Pas-Calais Region.
With the participation of the Ministry of Defense, General Secretariat for Administration, Department of Memory, Heritage and Archives and of the Mission of the Centennial of the First World War.
With the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, the Procirep – Society of Cinema and Television Producers, and the Angoa.