What the records say
- When
- 20 Aug 1944
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 120
- Coordinates
- 45.70° N, 4.78° E
- Description
- 180 prisoners of war execution at Fort de Côte-Lorette, Saint-Genis-Laval on August 20, 1944
Saint-Genis-Laval massacre
1944 German police massacre in France
The Saint-Genis-Laval Massacre or Fort de Côte-Lorette Massacre was the execution of about 120 French citizens, mostly members of the Resistance, by German security police at Fort de Côte-Lorette, Saint-Genis-Laval, on 20 August 1944.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “exécution par les Allemands d'environ 120 détenus de la prison Montluc au fort de Côte-Lorette à Saint-Genis-Laval”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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