US EditionFrance: Exhumation of German WWII soldiers begins
- Work has begun on exhuming the bodies of 46 German soldiers who were shot dead by French resistance fighters in 1944 during World War II. The location of the mass grave remained a secret until recently.
- The exhumation is being conducted as a joint French-German effort, with French experts receiving technical help from the German War Graves Commission. The aim is to return the bodies to their families, where possible.
- The killings in Meymac occurred after the capture of the town of Tulle by French resistance fighters, followed by its retaking by German SS soldiers.
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Three “areas of suspicion” have been identified: Earthworks are underway in central France in search of killed German soldiers. A witness had broken his silence earlier.
After the Waffen-SS massacre of the population in Tulle, France, and in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, 47 Germans were shot dead by the French resistance in June 1944. Everyone involved remains silent about the circumstances throughout their lives - except for one. That gets the research rolling.
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Almost 80 years ago, German prisoners of war were shot and buried in a mass grave near the French town of Meymac. The bodies are now to be excavated by experts. [more]
Following a reference to a mass grave with dozens of Wehrmacht soldiers shot dead by the French Resistance in southern France, German war graves have begun excavations. Since Wednesday, digging has been carried out at a site where soil investigations in June had led to abnormalities, said the head of the Volksbund War Graves Service, Arne Schrader.
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