Was sure I'd read they'd accounted for all the German missing in France, but clearly not. "An archaeological dig at the supposed execution site of 36 German soldiers has begun, after a former resistance fighter revealed the location. A search for the burial site began this summer in an area close to Meymac, Corrèze, in June, before a preliminary excavation took place in July. Two smaller excavations are happening at the site, with 18 people working to recover the remains. Up to 36 bodies (35 German soldiers and a French woman who is believed to have helped them) could be found, according to the archaeologists leading the dig. Ten bodies were allegedly excavated in the area back in 1967, but no official records have been found. The work is being undertaken by a joint team of the French Office national des combattants et victimes de guerre (national veterans’ office) and Volksbund deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge (German War Graves Commission)... ...The confession has also allowed historians – who were aware an execution took place but were not sure where or of what size – a better understanding of resistance action in Corrèze in 1944." www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Excavations-begin-at-suspected-site-of-WWII-executions-in-France
*Bumped* No more human remains have been found yet, but when they shifted the focus a few yards to one side they uncovered spent cartridge cases. Search will resume at a later date. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66608891
War is Hell. And retribution should be expected. Days after D-Day, French fighters captured between 50 and 60 German soldiers. But the fighters were then forced to flee into the mountains by the arrival of German reinforcements. In retaliation for the uprising, on 9 June the SS Das Reich division hanged 99 hostages on the streets of Tulle. The next day they massacred 643 people in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
