The Executed of the Bois de Boulogne

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The Executed of the Bois de Boulogne
Bois de Boulogne, 75016, Paris, France
The executed at the cascade of the Bois de Boulogne refers to a group of 35 young French resistance fighters who, on August 16, 1944, on the eve of the Liberation of Paris, were lured into an ambush and shot by the German occupiers near the great waterfall of the Bois de Boulogne.

Monument

A monument was erected at the site of their death. It is the result of a public subscription that raised 600,000 francs. Its construction was authorized by a resolution of the Paris City Council dated December 13, 1945, and its inauguration took place on July 6, 1946.

Furthermore, an oak tree bearing traces of the bullets that killed them is marked with a commemorative plaque bearing the inscription ("Passersby, respect this oak: it bears the traces of the bullets that killed our martyrs").

Events

Nicolas Sarkozy visited it on the day of his inauguration as President of the Republic, on May 16, 2007.