We Will Remember Them
Ever since 1919, the daily life in Ypres, capital of Flanders Fields, has been dedicated to commemorating the First World War. On her journey through this landscape of remembrance, filmmaker Annabel Verbeke encounters the most diverse and sometimes contradictory ways of commemorating.
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1h 0m — 2 text tracksWe Will Remember Them
1h 0m — 2 text tracks
By the end of WWI, Ypres and its surroundings were completely wiped off the map. Thanks to German reparations money, Ypres would rise from its dust and rubble as a symbol of rebirth amidst the numerous graveyards replete with fallen soldiers.
The Last Post has resounded every evening ever since...