Charles de Gaulle Foundation

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Charles de Gaulle Foundation
Formation1971
HeadquartersParis, France
Location
  • France
President
Hervé Gaymard
Websitehttps://www.charles-de-gaulle.org/
File:Immeuble Fondation Charles de Gaulle.jpg
Charles de Gaulle Foundation headquarters in Paris

The Charles de Gaulle Foundation (Fondation Charles de Gaulle), previously Institut Charles-de-Gaulle has worked since 1971 to publicize and perpetuate the action of General de Gaulle (1890-1970), leader of Free France at the time of World War II, and President of the French Republic from 1959 to 1969.[1] The foundation organizes conferences with academics and witnesses of the time, and conferences intended for a less specialized audience. It publishes the periodical magazine Espoir. It manages the birthplace of Charles de Gaulle in Lille and the Domaine de la Boisserie, his former residence in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.[2] The foundation helped create:

A specialized library and an archive are available to researchers and students in its research and documentation center.[3]

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