As early as 2012, during my first visit to Bergerac, and then in 2023, when the new project was launched, the local media reported on the research that Michel Lecat and I were conducting.
Then came the exhibition’s opening at the PIP in Les Eyzies in May 2025. All the regional media outlets were there, including television…
…such as print media.
In October 2025, the exhibition moved to Bergerac, to the beautiful Espace Dordonha. On the same day, a marble plaque bearing the names of the 61 Indochinese workers who died in Bergerac was unveiled at the Indochinese mausoleum in Beauferrier Cemetery.
The release of my book *Colonized, Displaced, Exploited* in January 2026, published by Elytis, was covered in a few articles.
Then the dedication of the Creysse memorial in May 2026 sparked another wave of coverage in the print media…
… and the airing of a short news segment on France 3’s 8 p.m. newscast
In the meantime, a conflict had arisen between me and the management of the Bergerac gunpowder factory (now Eurenco), to whom I had suggested a modest contribution to the tribute paid to the Indochinese workers—in the form of an exhibition of portraits of Indochinese workers displayed on the wall of the gunpowder factory for the duration of the tribute. Eurenco had rejected this suggestion under false pretenses.
