The facade of an old workshop, a stone base, a wall in front of an inner courtyard... Simple and ordinary, the building, now partially modified, is coated with an unalterable emotional charge that makes it a historical landmark.
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It's impossible to walk along Avenue Foch in the center of Valréas without imagining the fury and horror that gripped the town on June 12, 1944. The chilling words that sum up the tragedy are engraved on the intact wall: "There they were, facing this wall, waiting to die, victims of Nazi barbarism".
Captured resistance fighters and local residents taken hostage - a total of 53 victims - were shot in cold blood on this sidewalk.
After the Normandy landings, the Resistance intensified. The...
Captured resistance fighters and local residents taken hostage - a total of 53 victims - were shot in cold blood on this sidewalk.
After the Normandy landings, the Resistance intensified. The...
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