{"id":7229,"date":"2022-02-03T16:03:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T15:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/temoignages\/een-piano-onder-de-bombardementen-van-bastogne\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T08:53:27","slug":"een-piano-onder-de-bombardementen-van-bastogne","status":"publish","type":"temoignages","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/nl\/temoignages\/een-piano-onder-de-bombardementen-van-bastogne\/","title":{"rendered":"Een piano onder de bombardementen van Bastogne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deze buffetpiano van het merk Gessler behoorde toe aan <strong>Joseph Massart<\/strong> (1907-1986), pianist, organist en muziekleraar aan het Klein Seminarie te <strong>Bastogne<\/strong>. Voor de oorlog, heeft deze musicus in Ierland gewoond en gewerkt. Hij sprak zeer goed Engels en gaat in dienst bij de Amerikaanse Generale Staf die zich niet ver van hem thuis bevindt, in de huidige <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/nl\/sites-historiques\/bastogne-barracks\/\"><strong>Bastogne Barracks<\/strong><\/a>. Zijn tweetaligheid vergemakkelijkte de realtie met de civiele instanties. In deze omstandigheden maakt hij kennis met <strong>Generaal McAuliffe<\/strong>. De familie Massart zal altijd goede contacten blijven onderhouden met dit beroemde personnage van de <strong>NUTS City<\/strong>, tot zijn dood in 1975. Telkens bij zijn bezoek aan Bastogne, werden de Amerikaanse generaal en zijn vrouw voor een etentje uitgenodigd bij de familie Massart.&#13;\n&#13;\nTijdens het <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/nl\/sujets-thematiques\/het-duitse-offensief-van-december-1944\/\">Offensief in december<\/a> 1944<\/strong> beleven de musicus en zijn familie intense bombardementen op de stad terwijl zij zich in de kelders van hun huis bevonden. Iedereen zal er ongeschonden uitkomen. En nochtans, zoals de rest van de stad, werd het huis van de familie Massart verpletterd. Een enorm geluk. Ook de piano komt er intact uit op het einde van de aanval. Jean-Beno\u00eet Massart, \u00e9\u00e9n van de 6 kinderen van de tolk-musicus heeft de piano geschonken opdat dit verhaal zou blijven bestaan. De piano bevindt zich vandaag in het <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/nl\/sites-historiques\/bastogne-war-museum\/\"><strong>Bastogne War Museum.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10459\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/piano-Massart.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Piano van de familie Massart in het Bastogne War Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-7229","temoignages","type-temoignages","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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