Tulle murders

Tulle murders

Tulle murders were two related events, taking place in June 1944 in the town of Tulle, France.

In response to French Resistance activities, the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division, upon finding the remains of 64 German soldiers of the 95th Security Regiment garrison, hung 99 [ [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/219370 France to redress Nazi victims | WORLD | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz ] ] men from lampposts and balconies. Of 141 townspeople, sent to labor camps in Germany, 101 did not return.

Soon after, Major Otto Diekmann's Waffen-SS company wiped out the village of Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.anciencombattant.com/article.cfm?id=101868 Speech of Dominique de Villepin, on 10 June 2006]
* [http://gloumouth1.free.fr/test/Tulle Witness testimony (personnal website)]


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