Tag: French Forces of the Interior (FFI)

• Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944.

  

  Massacre at Buchères. August 24, 1944. With German forces withdrawing in France, and Paris on the cusp of liberation, the Nazis continue their brutal treatment of the civilian population. On August 24, 1944, the village of Buchères (10800) near Troyes was to experience a day of horror. The previous evening, FFI fighters set up a…

  August 25, 2024

  1940s, 68 Murdered, event & history, Executions, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), History Daily, Massacre at Bucheres, France 1944, Waffen SS 51st Brigade, War Crimes, World War II

  1940s, 1944, 68 Murdered, event & history, Executions, France 1944, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), French Resistance, History Daily, Massacre at Bucheres, Waffen SS 51st Brigade, War Crimes, World War II

• Russian-born Princess Véra Obolensky Guillotined by the Nazis in Berlin. August 4, 1944.

  

  On August 4, 1944, Russian-born Princess Véra Obolensky was guillotined by the Nazis at Ploetzensee prison in Berlin. She began working for the French Resistance in late 1940. Arrested in Paris in late 43, she was sentenced to death in Arras in May 1944 and then deported to Germany.

  August 4, 2024

  1940s, event & history, France, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), French Resistance, Guillotined, History Daily, Organisation civile et militaire (OCM), Vera Obolensky, World War II

  1940s, event & history, France, French Forces of the Interior (FFI), French Resistance, Guillotined, History Daily, Organisation civile et militaire (OCM), Vera Obolensky, World War II