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Fécamp:
the chimney is the one of the Benedictine's distillery. On the right on
the photo, one of the antennas now unused by Radio Normandy since december
12th 1938.
Requisitioned by
the French state, they carried the service
"Radio International Fécamp" with French propaganda aimed at foreigners between november 1939 and
january 1940.
Where to find "Radio International"
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Local
storage of transformers of the old Radio Normandy
in Fécamp.
The Transmitter House
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The old transmitter of Fécamp stopped (12.12.1938) since the start of the
new transmitter of Radio Normandy at Louvetot, works again with Radio
International programmes for a few weeks (Nov. 1939 to Friday Jan 12,
1940) with the control of the IBC.
The closing down of the station will be required by the French military
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12
January 1940: the Czech and Austrian broadcasts from the old studios of
Radio Normandy to Fécamp stopped for military reasons. Broadcasters thank
the City of Fécamp for an unforgettable welcome.
Before
the start of the German invasion, the French
army destroyed the equipment on Monday 10
June 1940
and the transmitter cables of Fecamp are cut.
The
Germans occupy the "House of the radio"
rue de Boulogne and
make it the Standortkommandantur
of Fécamp.
Since
the beginning of the war, the state censors public and private radio.
Since June 1940, Germans control one radio station - Radio Paris closely:
"Radio Paris is German"! repeated the BBC. Many listen in
secret. In March 1944, radio sets must be handed in at town halls. Some
will disappear in bombardments.
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During
a violent storm, in the early morning of
7 November 1940, the west pylon
twists on its base
and collapses in the garden of a nearby orphanage
of St
Michel. A twisted mass of metal tears up
its enormous concrete foundation.
Friday
12 November 1943, the remaining pylon
(East side) will be blown up by
Germans because
it could act as landmark to allies.
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