Mur des fusillés

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 forces surrounding the enclave regrouped and moved into Valréas on June 8. But on June 12, the town was retaken by the Germans, who carried out severe reprisals.
Listed as a historical monument, the Wall of the Fused will forever bear the imprint of that day.

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