Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
Casings and coins at a site in central France suggest prisoners were shot by the French Resistance after D-Day.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Archaeologists unearth evidence of mass execution of German prisoners who were forced to dig their own graves before being shot dead by the French resistance after D-Day
French and German archaeologists dug a site near the small central French town of Meymac over eight days following harrowing testimony from the last surviving witness to the massacre
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Source: dailymail.co.uk
How 46 German POWs were shot in cold blood by French Resistance fighters after digging their own graves... DAVID JONES talks to the last living witness of an unspeakably desperate act kept secret for almost 80 years
For almost 80 years, this cold-blooded massacre, carried out six days after the D-Day landings near the pretty town of Meymac, in the Correze region in central France, has remained a secret.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
French resistance fighter reveals execution of 47 German soldiers in 1944
Edmond Réveil, 98, a combat veteran who witnessed the shooting of prisoners in central France at the end of World War II, says the story ‘needs to be known’
Source: elpais.com
French resistance fighter, 98, reveals mass execution of German prisoners
Edmond Réveil says he witnessed shooting of 47 German soldiers and one French woman accused of collaborating in June 1944
Source: theguardian.com
French Resistance Fighter Goes Public About Execution of German P.O.W.s
Forty-seven soldiers were shot dead and secretly buried shortly after D-Day, a veteran says. The story was hidden for decades.
Source: nytimes.com