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Interview with Joachim Murat, keeper of the memory of Napoleon's saber

Paris, Apr 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Joachim Murat proudly bears the name of the marshal who became Napoleon's saber, and 200 years after the death of the emperor he vindicates the memory of his ancestor, whom he considers mistreated by history.FOOTAGE OF LES INVALIDES. INTERVIEW WITH JOACHIM MURAT, GRANDSON OF ONE OF THE MAIN GENERALS OF NAPOLEON.- TRANSLATION:1.- "Murat was totally invincible in the battlefields. He was in all the empire's fights, which were the most dangerous places of that time. Dressed to be shot. He was waiting for someone to attack him. He was attacked from all sides, he did heroic acts. He was only wounded twice, very lightly, and he was killed by the Bourbons, not on the battlefields. So he was a kind of superhero who dragged the troops and scared enemies."2.- "That is the first point, there is Goya's painting (" The executions of May 3 ") that turned him into an abominable butcher, when in reality what he did was put down a revolt and prevent a massacre."3.- "Murat is the American dream. Napoleon in a way is too much. Napoleon is so crazy, he is so out of reason, that he is almost messianic, he is semi-divine."