deportees, i had your age: an european history

For half a century after the liberation of the camps, Karine Sicard Bouvatier grasps the urgency of memory before the last voices fade away. Her photographic and narrative work weaves a vibrant link between two generations separated by everything yet united by the same age. By mirroring young people today with survivors who lived through the unspeakable during adolescence, the artist transforms the European narrative into an intimate and universal experience. The Caserne Napoléon will host this essential dialogue from February 27th to April 1st, 2026. Beyond textbooks of history, each portrait reveals human resilience and the absolute necessity of passing these stories of life on. This is a meeting with living memory where the past speaks directly to the present to illuminate the future of the continent.