Rue du Premier Septembre

Apremont · Vendée (Loire Country) · France

Data: September 1 (veure totes les cronovies d’aquest dia)

Photograph: Intercultura (Pierre Pasdelou) (2012-09-19)

1944. World War II: the Germans kill the master public and take 18 hostages.

The Germans respond to a provocation of an outsider to Apremont, killing a public teacher and closing 18 hostages in a cellar. The mayor offered to be exchanged for them.

Source: Pdf document provided by the City of Apremont. (french)