Dive into the daily lives of Norman and Canadian children during the Second World War.
This exhibition invites visitors to experience the war through the eyes of children on both sides of the Atlantic. Through personal testimonies, artifacts, and photographs, the Juno Beach Centre explores how young lives were shaped by occupation, combat, liberation, and reconstruction. The children’s perspective reveals the human dimension of historic events that forever changed France and Canada.
Through these intimate stories, visitors will understand how children adapted and survived—often with great resilience—during some of humanity’s darkest hours. The stories will be presented through several key themes:
- The Weight of Occupation (1940–1944) at school and at home
- D-Day (June 6, 1944)
- The Battle of Normandy (June–September 1944)
- Liberation and the scars of war (1944 to today)
- The “absences” experienced by French and Canadian children