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2020-02-20 Science & Technology

A belated Happy 100th Birthday to the iconic Citroën

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-20 02:12|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I sent this to a former French colleague in Austria last evening. He remarked that "the Citroën was a favorite staff car of the Gestapo." That distinctive grill and windscreen, an indicator of the arrival of bad company, had one been seen rumbling about the village.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-20 08:18|| 2020-02-20 08:18|| Front Page Top

#2 At the preserved site of the massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane located NW of Limoges in central France, there is a rusted-out Citroen body in the center of the town square, left there exactly where it was along with many other ruined artifacts - bicycles, a sewing machine - as a memorial to the 642 men women and children slaughtered by the Waffen-SS on 10 June 1944

Posted by Lex 2020-02-20 09:02|| 2020-02-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

In Bridgehampton, NY on the main street (Montauk Highway) is a restaurant named Pierre's. The owner is French - Pierre Weber. He has an iconic yellow 2CV that is always parked in front of the restaurant. Better than a neon sign to find the place.

Posted by Solomon Snore8345 2020-02-20 09:36|| 2020-02-20 09:36|| Front Page Top

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