It’s hard to forget this chapter of world history: in 1944 Normandy was the theatre of a fierce struggle for freedom, offering its beaches to the Allies. A trauma from which the region was able to recover: the scars of the battles now rub shoulders with world-famous remembrance sites and reconstructed cities, which remind us that peace and freedom are essential values.
Since 1945, these values have been expressed through collective memory work and several major events including the Bayeux Calvados Normandy Prize for war correspondents, or the no less famous international moot court competition at the Caen Memorial.
It is on this ambition that Normandy for Peace is based: an international initiative launched in 2017 by the Normandy Region, which organises or promotes major events across the region and around the world in the name of peace and freedom.