An emotional reunion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2021
- 🇬🇧 Eliane Autin was born and raised in a small apartment the eastern outbuilding of the château. Here she revisits her former home for the first time in over 60 years and shares with us her childhood memories of growing up at Purnon.
🇫🇷 Eliane Autin est née et a grandi dans les communs du château. Nous avons eu la chance qu'elle nous raconte ses souvenirs d'enfance à Purnon, ou elle n'était pas revenue depuis plus que 60 ans.
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Madame Autin got so emotional to see the wallpapers, probably choosed by her Mama, are still there ! Wouldnt it be a nice cadeau to have a piece of those wallpapers framed for her !! ? !!
Oh that's such a wonderful idea! Thank you we will definitely do this for her!
Great idea!!!
I’m glad to see this comment. Exactly what I was going to comment, as well. It’s such an easy way to preserve something so meaningful to her. ❤️
That was so wonderful to watch. The emotional memory that she shared of her history can never be taken away. What a blessing to invite her back to remember the past. I'm sure she will be excited to see how the buildings will be restored.
How special. Madame was so emotional! I can’t even imagine how she felt. Love the explanations about the refugees after the liberation. The French Resistance was legendary! So glad you got that information about the inscriptions on the wall. She was ashamed, but it is now part of the history of the Chateau that may have been lost if you hadn’t discovered her. 💗
Good point about the French "Resistance" movement, too often forgotten by most mainstream History channels (Web or TV) abroad. When those fighters (men AND women) were crucial in getting the coutry ready for turnkey battles. They prepared all D-days (in Normandy, in Corsica, in Provence) by destroying bridges, railways, roads, train and/or tractors, tunnels, etc. depriving nazi army from fleeing routes.
Hundreds of souvenirs places and monuments can be seen all over the country, giving a modest hommage to those who gave their most. I had the chance to work on films and events about how the youngsters are brought to this History by elders, through their souvenirs and story-telling. Just as we can see here, for a few moments of this nice video.
The most famous "maquis" ('mah-kee'), name for local units of the national "Resistance" secret army, are to be found in the South of the country. An agreement between the occupants and the collaborationist goverment created a "free zone" in approximately the southernmost helf of the country, forbidding nazis to settle there. But, with more and more failures and defeats, they sent more and more troops in. The main goal was to invaded to whole territory and wipe out all "Résistants". It really is an amazing page of the World's History, too oftent shadowed by "official" moments and battles.
Many of these shadow-soldiers were girls and boys under 20, and about a quarter of the total were from abroad or French colonies. Including many from Spanish Republican Army, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Western African countries, etc.
@@gillesmatheronpro thank you so much for this amazing information! The unnamed heroes!
Very emotional indeed. Eliane was speaking of the 1968 events with students fighting in Paris streets and barricades. It was a very difficult time in France with a general strike which lasted several months.
Thanks for that bit of detail. Now it makes sense. While those students were protesting, she and her brother were helping their parents.
@@rhondathomas7952 (not only students, by far... see my comment)
😆 I watched every single second even though I didn't understand a word she said. As emotions are a universal language. God Bless 🙌 🙏 ❤️
thanks for uploading this wonderful video. With so many Chateau channels there is no link to the people who lived and grew up in the buildings. This piece is so touching and is a wonderful indication of the many people living in these communities. The mention of the italian refugee family just added another layer... just found your channel and am loving it...
Thank you for your lovely message. The links to the lives of those who lived here are so important to the history of the château and we are so very fortunate to be able to share their stories.
How moving! Thank you so much for sharing. I am thrilled to have found your channel and look forward to following your progress.
A plaque with the names of her family members and their story should be made and placed on the wall of the building they once called home.
Très riche en émotions les souvenirs de cette dame, son histoire fait parti de ce château 🏰 merci de lui donner en retour un souvenir qu'elle emportera avec elle 🙏🙏
Stones and walls are just that, but when they remember new or old stories, they become invaluable.
Fascinating to hear some of the history.
This is a delightful video. One can only imagine all the things she has seen in her lifetime.
Such a beautiful video to watch, thank you for sharing. 💖
Thank you so much for this loved seeing her reaction she's the same generation my parents would be❤❤
Thank you! We love sharing the stories of the people who lived and worked here at Chateau de Purnon. It is a very important part of heritage preservation. Both Eliane and Nicole who appear in the video are wonderful friends of ours.
Ha! After leaving previous comment I clicked back to the video and was able to view a bit differently which showed the subtitles!! So, had to go all the way back to the beginning to watch again lol. What a lovely story ❤️
Your video brought back memories of the last time I was at my childhood home. I know how Madame Autin felt.🥲
That was so sweet. My French is rusty but I followed along. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful made me cry. 🥰💋
This was amazing to think how this Chateau had its own micro community and this lady was able to relive a period of her life, what’s also amazing is that the previous owner Daniel Jérôme Robineau de Rochequairie, Marquis de Rochequairie descends sold this to you, one would think that this would be hard given the family history, truely amazing stuff 👍😇🇫🇷🙏🏰
Yes, an agonising decision for his family to sell. But, ultimately, the correct one. In a way, this part of their family history is being preserved far better than if the chateau had continued to decline.
That was lovely.
We are memory keepers and then we find them or they find us to bring us back to that moment, and a mixed of emotions surface and then we feel alive because not one can take that away and that is a story that will always be only ours. Great or not so Great memories and mementos is part of the Beautiful human being we are and enat a fantastic opportunity you have to find more about your chateau. Yes, if walls could speak they will tell so many stories and now you have some of them from this Beautiful lady that what was hers. Thank you to her and to you because this.
Awww that was wonderful
Did Madame Austin’s parents work at the chateau? Wonderful to hear her stories and see her happiness in being back ... I do so appreciate all the history you relate in your videos ... just found your videos today. 😊
Fascinating:)
Oh this is so wonderful and special, the history and connection Madame Autin has to your amazing chateau is priceless. Made me very teary. She kept apologizing for having graffiti of her name on the wall, but I think it makes such a special everlasting memory of her connection to the place. Madame Autin is a living treasure .
Wow. Such a special and emotional moment for Madame Austin and a jewel for us to see this beautiful moment. Her details of the rooms, what was there before, how things were used and how things were done, her brother and others who lived there, the Italian Refugees, the etching in stone. Hope she has other visits there to see and share in the transformation and to share more memories.
Did her family own the chateau or did her parents work for the owners?? So emotional watching her reminis.
So wonderful. Amazing living history.
Heartwarming. ❤️
Beautiful memories. .Enjoyed.
Amazing history!! Utterly fascinating!, ❤
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Please activate subtitles in Spanish. It is one of the best reconstruction channels of a castle.
yes no troubles - we will add them for you and let you know when ready.
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The word "bazar", borrowed from Arabic and Persian, is a common way of meaning "disorder" in French. All types of it. But here, Madame Autin does not refer to any type of fun enjoyed by students.
Just as for many other countries, France saw a form of rebellion in may 1968, with students (first of all), then workers, clerks of all categories, teachers, farmers, etc. took to the streets for huge protests.
It is also considered the moment of birth for the most prolific and efficient Feminist wave, eventually reaching a major achievement : the Law for the right to a voluntary termination of pregnancy (the real name of this Law, currently about to be included in the French Constitution), or IVG in French.
In the streets and boulevards of Paris, barricades were erected (with pavers as the main material), cars and various equipements were burned and/or turned into barricades, lots of shops and company agencies were targeted, Police forces often got surpassed (to a point they became excessively violent, leading to several protesters being killed), radios and TVs broadcasting in-the-heat live coverages like never before. Minorities also grabbed this opportunity to have their claims brought to a larger audience.
Those events are refered to "Evenements de mai 68" ("Events of may 68"), and led to many changes in the French society. Some remained, when others got erased by a wave of conservatism in the next year.
With her brother, and similarly to many students in Paris, Madame Autin found shelter in her provincial family.
She brings this to us, with such emotion... superb ! Thank you Felicity, for allowing this to happen and us to enjoy.
Where's the closed captions?
I wish this had subtitles in English
There are English subtitles. They normally engage automatically but perhaps you need to activate them.
It's impossible to read that dark grey translated text against the black background.
English captions please
The English captions are at the bottom of the film.
OMG... LOL! I didn't notice them either. I just muddled along in my rusty French. It's been 40 years since I used it daily.
@ It's really too small to read.
@ they are too small for me to read.
I wish there were English translation
There are English subtitles. They are located at the bottom of your screen...
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French aristocracy was brought to the level of not being able to warm the rooms their children slept in.
A few other royals and oligarchs, if we're forward-thinking, will also know this fate.
They were the children of the gouvernante!!!!!
Stupid and out-of-place comment. It was a matter of technology, mostly, for those places had no thermal insulation and owners could only use local firewood. Even the richest were limited in supplies, for a large part of forests was under strict supervision because wood was the main material for building ships of the royal fleet.
Then, regarding this video, the Lady we are following and listening was not an aristocrat at all.
Try History, it helps sometimes. As many sciences do.