World War II Memorial - Les Barraques-en-Vercors, France
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This World War II plaque is located on a rock wall near the entrance to the old Road des Grands Goulets in Les Barraques-en-Vercors.
Waymark Code: WMJXPR
Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Date Posted: 01/13/2014
Views: 10
Built between 1844 and 1851, the old Road des Grands Goulets was closed for dangerosity when the new road was built in 2008.
The Maquis du Vercors was a rural Free French resistance ("maquis") group who resisted the 1940-1944 German occupation of France in World War II. The Maquis du Vercors used the prominent scenic plateau known as the massif du Vercors (Vercors Plateau) as a refuge. Many members of the maquis, called "maquisards" died fighting in 1944 in the Vercors Plateau. Wikipedia
The plaque reads:
ICI LE 22 JANVIER 1944
APRES UN COMBAT ACHARNE
20 MAQUISARDS SUCCOMBERENT
DEVANT 300 ALLEMANDS
CES DERNIERS PILLERENT ET
INCENDIERENT TOTALEMENT
LE VILLAGE
Translation
HERE ON JANUARY 22, 1944
AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE
20 "MAQUISARDS" SUCCUMBED
TO THE ATTACK OF 300 GERMANS
WHO PLUNDERED AND
TOTALLY BURNED
THE VILLAGE
Property Permission: Public
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark: D518 Les Barraques-en-Vercors , Rhône-Alpes France
Commemoration: The death of 20 French resistance fighter
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
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