To the memory of Aimé Papillaut, Albert Bertrand and Jean Poulin, members of the Red Cross in Ligueil taken as hostages and assassinated here by the Germans on 20 August 1944.On 20 August 1944 German soldiers fleeing eastward took Aimé Papillault, Albert Bertrand and Jean Poulin, three members of the Red Cross, hostage in Ligueil as 'insurance' to shield their escape. They were intercepted by the maquis (Resistance) at a place called La Blanchardière, the edge of a small wood on the road to Loches. The three hostages were killed.
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A la cuisine hier: A batch each of cherry plum and mirabelle clafoutis. Also big batches of stewed Sainte Catherine plums (small yellow ovals), cherry plums and mirabelle de Metz. All the plum haul from Mme G's orchard is now processed.
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How can human beings do such things to one another? Still it goes on. Some of the memorials get a bit careworn apart from an annual cleanup. This one always looks very well cared for.
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