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Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN

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  • Nom
    Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN
  • Lieu
    BUZET-SUR-TARN
  • Contribution
    Raphaël Mégard
  • ID
    3115.3239

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Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN
Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN
The Monument aux morts

BUZET-SUR-TARN has also known the tragedy of wars.
In the summer of 1944, a Gestapo agent, Gino Grazzia, later called the "Renard Noir ", is tasked with gathering information on the Résistance. Anonymous letters lure him to Buzet, which he infiltrates under a false identity, pretending to be a prisoner of war in Germany. Successfully gathering enough information, the Gestapo arrives in Buzet on the night of July 5-6, accompanied by the SS division"Das Reich". Resistance fighters and their families are arrested, tortured, and killed. On August 17, 1944, Resistance fighters and Jews were taken from the cells of the St Michel prison in Toulouse by the Gestapo. They were taken to the BUZET forest, where they were shotand burned at a place called "En Fournet" (now part of the Palmola Golf course). The Forêt de Buzet, will have been, among other things, the scene of several assassinations.
On August 19, Toulouse was liberated and on September 10, 1944, 10,000 people, politicians, soldiers and resistance fighters, paid tribute to the martyrs who had fallen at Buzet, and history began to be engraved in the stone of the war memorials.

"The forest covers almost 800Ha and has become one of the green lungs of the city of Toulouse. Today, half of the forest is part of the Haute Garonne department. Hiking, horse-riding, mountain-biking and discovery trails, as well as a fitness trail, have been laid out here.

Contribution and photo credit Raphaël Mégard.
Source of text: explanatory panel.
 
Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN
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Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN
Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN.
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Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN
Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN.
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Massacres at BUZET-SUR-TARN

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