Chateau d'Audrieu
Chateau d'Audrieu, where the headquarters of 12 SS Recce Battalion was situated, was the site of the mass execution of a group of 24 Canadian and two British POW's by the Waffen-SS on the night of 7/8 June 1944.
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- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Jeroen Koppes
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