Pegasus Bridge

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We visited the first bridge and building liberated from the Nazis. The bridge was renamed the Pegasus Bridge after the mascot of the British forces who liberated it. This cafe has such an amazing history. At the time of German occupation, German soldiers often frequented this small cafe. They often shared critical, strategic, information never knowing the owners of the restaurant, the Gondrees, not only spoke German, but were part of the French Resistance! In the two photos of the river, you can see a large building a little ways down. This was a maternity hospital and also a front for the French Resistance. Mrs. Gondrees would deliver two things to the hospital...bread and information!! Amazing! The Gondrees had a daughter who was five during the liberation. She still owns the cafe and hosts an annual reunion of those who liberated her family from the Nazis!