The general public is invited to meditate on Wednesday November 10 at the Hôtel national des Invalides in front of the remains of Hubert Germain, the last Companion of the Liberation, who died in October at the age of 101, before his burial on November 11 at the Mont Valérien.
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The golden dome of the Invalides will be open to everyone on Wednesday from 10 am to 7 pm for a final tribute to Hubert Germain, "
as well as through him to his 1,037 Companions constituting, in the words of General de Gaulle, this exceptional chivalry created at the time of most serious in the history of France
”, according to the Order of the Liberation. Former Gaullist deputy and Minister of Georges Pompidou, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, Hubert Germain died on October 12.
Only 1,038 people, including six women, received the title of Companion of the Liberation.
Father of the Free French Forces (FFL), Charles de Gaulle had created the Order of the Liberation in November 1940 to "
reward the persons or the military and civilian communities who will have distinguished themselves in the work of liberation of France and its empire.
".
As the last of his representatives, Hubert Germain will be buried on November 11 at Mont Valérien during a ceremony chaired by Emmanuel Macron, after a tribute under the Arc de Triomphe.
Once transferred to Mont Valérien, the main place of execution of resistance fighters during the Second World War, his body will rest in the crypt of the French fighting memorial.
