Stèle de la résistance - Vinon sur Verdon, France
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N 43° 42.466 E 005° 48.984
31T E 726911 N 4843270
Une stèle à la mémoire d'André Arbaud
Waymark Code: WM10GKC
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 05/05/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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FR Le 14 juin 1944 un fort contingent de troupes allemandes, accompagné de quelques miliciens serviles, occupe Vinon-Sur-Verdon dans le but de repérer et de démanteler la Mission Interalliée signalée aux forces allemandes comme étant temporairement installée dans les environs de Vinon.
André Arbaud, à Vinon ce jour-là, est arrêté par les miliciens aux ordres des militaires allemands sous le motif de faire partie de la Résistance locale et d’être en mesure de fournir des informations sur son parent Leopardo, réputé responsable du réseau.
André Arbaud, âgé de 61 ans, est embarqué dans un véhicule pour être conduit à Draguignan pour interrogatoire. A deux kilomètres environ de Vinon, tenta-t-il de s’enfuir ou fut-il débarqué de force ? Son corps criblé de balles sera découvert en contrebas de la route par un médecin qui faisait sa tournée.

Son sacrifice n'aura pas été pas inutile : ni la Mission Interalliée, ni les résistants du groupe LEOPARDO ne furent inquiétés.

La plaque indique :
Ici est tombé le patriote André Arbaud lâchement assassiné par les miliciens le 14 juin 1944. Il est mort pour la liberté du pays. Nous ne l'oublierons jamais 1883 - 1944
EN On June 14, 1944, a large contingent of German troops, accompanied by some servile militiamen, occupied Vinon-Sur-Verdon in order to locate and dismantle the Interallied Mission reported to the German forces as being temporarily installed in the vicinity of Vinon.
André Arbaud, in Vinon that day, was arrested by militiamen at the orders of the German military on the grounds that he was part of the local Resistance and was able to provide information on his relative Leopardo, who was supposed to be in charge of the network.
André Arbaud, 61 years old, was taken in a vehicle to be taken to Draguignan for interrogation. About two kilometres from Vinon, did he try to escape or was he forced to leave? His bullet-ridden body was discovered below the road by a doctor on his way around.

His sacrifice was not useless: neither the Interallied Mission nor the LEOPARDO group's resistance fighters were disturbed.

The plate indicates:
Here fell the patriot André Arbaud, cowardly murdered by the militiamen on June 14, 1944. He died for the freedom of the country. We will never forget it 1883 - 1944


Source : https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7P8M9_vinon-la-stele-de-la-resistance
Property Permission: Public

Access instructions: Park here: N43.708664 E 5.816843 Take the path from here: N43.708355 E5.816591

Location of waymark:
Route D554
Vinon sur Verdon, France
83560

Commemoration: André Arbaud

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