FRENCH SCHOOL, 1940, MORIN*** Mass at the Sarrebourg camp Pencil Signed and dated lower right: Morin/15 août 40 Height 17 cm - Width 25 cm That year, the German occupying forces forbade any gatherings in Alsace-Moselle, let alone patriotic demonstrations of any kind. The Moselle faithful, however, went ahead and celebrated the Assumption with fervor, as this poignant drawing testifies.