Medieval Artifacts Returned To France
Date
7/16/2024 2:14:10 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Alimat Aliyeva
During the Occupation of France in 1940, the artifacts that
German soldier Kurt Arpe took to Germany were returned,
Azernews reports.
During the occupation of France, a Reich soldier began service
in one of the settlements of the Somme department. While digging up
old historical monuments at the site of the deployment, Arpe
discovered jars from the time of the Merovingian dynasty – VI-VIII
centuries. Arpe sends the 11 artifacts he discovered to his family.
In 1942, he died in battle on the territory of the USSR.
His family kept the jars and passed them on from generation to
generation, and in 2000 they fell into the hands of a relative
named Wolfgang, who is the head of the museum. After retirement, he
decides to return the things he kept at home. After correspondence
with French government agencies, 11 jars were returned to the
Archaeological museum of the Somme department. After the research,
historical objects will be exhibited in the museum.
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