Verlaine Message Museum, Military history museum in Tourcoing, France
The museum occupies a concrete Wehrmacht bunker featuring restored wartime installations, including generators, ventilators, telephone exchanges, and translation departments.
This location intercepted the BBC radio broadcast of June 5, 1944, which contained coded messages from Verlaine's poetry announcing the Normandy invasion.
The museum exhibits demonstrate how the German forces utilized radio technology and communication strategies during their occupation of northern France.
Located at Avenue de la Marne 4, the museum opens on the first and third Sundays of each month from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
The museum preserves the original Type SK1 Bunker number 381, where German military personnel monitored Allied communications during World War II.
Location: Tourcoing
Official opening: 1991
Opening Hours: Sunday[1,3] 09:00-18:00
Phone: +33320242500
Website: http://museedu5juin1944.asso.fr
GPS coordinates: 50.71194,3.15504
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:48
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