Parents walled up the room of their son, who died 100 years ago, turning it into a time capsule

  • Dec 14, 2020
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Parents walled up the room of their son, who died 100 years ago, turning it into a time capsule
Parents walled up the room of their son, who died 100 years ago, turning it into a time capsule

A very unusual incident occurred in the French commune of Belabre. There is a house in which there is a room that has been closed for 100 years. The former owners were pushed to such an extraordinary step by a dramatic event. In 1918 g. their son, a young French officer, died. Not only did the parents leave everything as it was during their son's life, they also wished that his room remained mothballed for at least 500 years.

Parents walled up the room of their son, who died 100 years ago, turning it into a time capsule (Belabre, France). | Photo: twizz.ru.
Parents walled up the room of their son, who died 100 years ago, turning it into a time capsule (Belabre, France). | Photo: twizz.ru.

In the commune of Belabre (France) there is a unique house, about which fame spread throughout the country. The old building gained such popularity after another of the owners opened a room that was walled up almost 100 years ago. It was her discovery and the incredible relics found in it that became the No. 1 news in the media and even on the Web.

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Hubert Rochereau was a junior lieutenant in the French army during the First World War (Belabre, France). | Photo: fdra-historia.blogspot.com.

But let's start with the history preceding this unusual event. According to the authors of Novate. Ru, in this house lived the Rochereau family, who had a son, Hubert, a junior lieutenant who had recently graduated from a military school. But on April 26, 1918 the family's life came to a standstill - a young man who participated in the First World War, died of wounds received on the battlefield in Flanders.

Only a bottle of Flanders soil was added to this table, where junior lieutenant Hubert Rochereau (Belabre, France) died. | Photo: tresubresdobles.com.

This tragedy prompted his parents to turn his room with personal belongings, orders and even a vial of earth, where he was originally buried, into a kind of museum. In it, they tried to collect all the objects, things and photographs that were somehow connected with their son. And so that no one disturbed the atmosphere that reigned during the life of his son, they decided to walled up the room - the father completely blocked the doorway with bricks.

Hubert Rochereau was posthumously awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor and the Military Cross "For Bravery" (Belabre, France). | Photo: tresubresdobles.com.

Interesting fact: 17 years later, for some unknown reason, the parents either sold or donated their house to General Eugene Bride. When transferring the property, Hubert's parents set the only condition - their son's room must remain mothballed for 500 years.

All the things that the deceased warrior loved, the parents carefully tried to preserve for posterity (Belabre, France). | Photo: tresubresdobles.com.

Time passed, more than one owner changed, and at the end of the last century, Daniel Fabre was the husband of the granddaughter of that general, who at one time received a house, dismantled the bricks and entered the room in which the family's relics were preserved Rochero.

The parents wanted the room of their deceased son not to be opened in the next 500 years (Belabre, France). | Photo: twizz.ru.

What he saw shocked the owner so much that he invited the authorities of the commune so that they could see a kind of time capsule with their own eyes. The only thing he wished was that the journalists did not give the address and did not take pictures near the house, so that it would be impossible to determine his whereabouts from the photographs. He feared an invasion of tourists and correspondents from various newspapers who would begin to storm his house in order to look into this secret room.

Everything that was dear to their son, the parents gathered in one room and walled it up for many years (Belabre, France). | Photo: fdra-historia.blogspot.com/ twizz.ru.

“When you walk in there, it seems like time has stopped,” said Belabra Mayor Laurent Laroche after visiting the unusual room himself. The mayor still hopes that someday there will be a philanthropist who will buy the room and make it the property of the commune, turning it into a museum.

Daniel Fabre carefully preserves all the relics of the Rochereau family, but he is not going to turn his house into a museum yet (Belabre, France). | Photo: fdra-historia.blogspot.com/ twizz.ru.

But Daniel Fabre is not happy with such an idea, but still, out of respect for history, he promised to keep the room unchanged, regardless of the fact that the wishes of Hubert's parents have no legal force and he has no emotional attachment to the deceased officer and his belongings.

Hubert Rochereau's favorite books and shoes have survived quite well (Belabre, France). | Photo: tresubresdobles.com.

Despite the assurances of the current owner of the house that everything will remain in its place, the commune authorities are still concerned that his descendants or other owners may not keep their word. Moreover, some things are already so dilapidated that they are crumbling before our eyes.

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Most of all, the uniform was damaged, which moths fell in love with (Belabre, France). | Photo: twizz.ru.

This is especially true of the uniform and other clothes, which are pretty spoiled by the moth, but Daniel Fabre and his granddaughters assure that they are not going to restore or even touch anything, so as not to get lost “That special emotional charge, the feeling of being in touch with the past”.

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Since this is private property, the municipality has no right to insist or demand anything, but nevertheless, the hope does not leave that all the exhibits preserved in the secret room can be seen not only at pictures.

The Belabre commune would like to turn this room into a museum (France). | Photo: notiulti.com.

Such finds always have historical value, because it is they that preserve things and objects that were actually used in a particular period of time. And if filmmakers making war films bothered to study history, then there would be no absurd bloopers that infuriate real officers.
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