Our Salvation

9 Les Salines Royales, Salle de la Délivrance

September 1940, the regime of Pétain is taking shape. Henri Marre, 49, arrives in Vichy with no money, no contacts, far from his wife and children. He sees in the new administration the opportunity to finally find the place he deserves. In his suitcase, his self-published political treatise, Notre Salut, where he defends his patriotic beliefs and his engineer’s methods. His creed: “to win in efficiency” to lift France from the debacle. But perhaps Henri is mainly trying to escape his own debacle…