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Salle 6 - Execution of hostages
August–October 1941

The October 24, 1941, edition of *L’Ouest-Éclair* published the list of the 48 Communist hostages who were shot in Châteaubriant on the 22nd.

s6.pa3_.019_ouest-eclair_Oct 24, 1941, 41 min

L’Ouest-Éclair newspaper, Oct. 24, 1941 © Seine-et-Marne Departmental Archives_58Fi144

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6.3 Various Forms of Resistance. Reprisals. Executions of Hostages

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