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When the Last Witnesses Are Gone: Can Normandy Protect D-Day Memory from Becoming a Tourism Product?

Normandy does not sell nostalgia. It holds a debt of memory. Yet the generation that could say “I was there” is disappearing, just as the D-Day coast enters a new global era. In 2026, UNESCO inscribed the Beaches of the D-Day Landings on the World Heritage List. That recognition is a triumph—but it is also […]