THE FIELD OF MARTYRS
On June 9, a silent march and a ceremony took place, adorning the balconies that served as gallows with 99 sprays of flowers.
The Martyrs' Field owes its name to the evening of June 9, 1944. In what was then a garbage dump, the bodies of 99 young men were buried by the Panzer-Division Das Reich, after having been murdered by hanging from the balconies of the arms factory district. The Nazi troops were on their way to the Normandy front, and it was this same division that massacred the population of Oradour-sur-Glane the following day. Two large plaques bear the names of the victims. A silent march and ceremony are held every year on June 9.
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