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Sologne Resistance Memorial

Sologne Resistance Memorial

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Sologne Resistance Memorial

Name: Sologne Resistance Memorial
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Please check local regulations for: Natura 2000 de Sologne

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Location: Marcilly-En-Villette, Orléans, Centre-Val de Loire, France

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Camille Serré

November 17, 2023

A granite monument displaying a cross of Lorraine faces the entrance to the Château du Cerf-Bois here and recalls one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the Sologne resistance. It was erected in memory of 12 Parisian students shot by the Nazis on June 10, 1944 in the clearing that you can reach by following the path in front of you. Another monument was erected in this clearing, accompanying the steles in memory of each of the young men.

These young Parisian students were part of a large wave of departures for the maquis following the call of June 6, 1944 by Marshal de Gaulle. On June 9, they reached their first stop towards the Corrèze maquis: the Château de Cerf-Bois, where Madame de Labeau welcomed them.
Another group of students was welcomed the same evening at the By farm, about fifteen kilometers away. However, this information having been obtained by the Gestapo, they were apprehended on June 10 at 5 a.m., searched, questioned then shot, apart from a traitor hidden among them and affiliated with the Paris Gestapo. He indicated to the Germans that the sketch found on one of the students corresponded to three resistance gathering places, including the Château de Cerf-Bois.
A raid was immediately organized at the castle and the 12 young men who were there were executed.
As for the third place indicated on the sketch, the Château des Grand-Bois, 14 students and the owner of the premises were also found and deported to Dachau, where eight died.

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