Epidemics and conflicts often prevent families from accompanying their loved ones when burying them. Soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars are buried only decades later when their bodies are found. In Zaire, authorities prohibit approaching Ebola victims.
In May 1917, Australian Sergeant John James White was reported missing during the Battle of Bulecourt near Arras (Pas-de-Calais). Her remains were only found last year, and she has just been buried in Quéant, in the presence of John James White’s daughter and grandson. Commentary on factual images and interview Don TAIT, colonel of the Australian army, Marc BASTIEN, who discovered the body, and Myrle PROPHET, daughter of Sergeant White.
Since the discovery of 26 remains of Poilus at Fleury in front of Douaumont (Meuse) and while only 7 bodies could be formally identified to date, the gendarmerie and the Ossuaire de Douaumont are very much sought after by families in search of a fallen ancestor during the Great War. Commentary on factual images and interviews Olivier GERARD (Director of the Ossuaire de Douaumont) and Cédric BEAUNE (Gendarmerie Warrant Officer at Verdun, Judicial Police Officer)
A Kikwit, au Zaïre, le virus Ebola continue ses ravages, et les risques très importants de contagion obligent les familles à rester éloignées du corps du défunt même au moment de l'enterrement. Explications d'une femme en deuil, Sabine, et de Chris Powell, coordinateur OMS.