The Nazis final atrocity: Why, as they were surrendering

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Survivors Christine Truffie-Blanc, left, and Claude Daumin willgive evidence

The troops had arrived in trucks at 8am and blockaded the village.Gendarmes who came from a nearby village to investigate thecommotion were met by a hail of bullets and forced away.
In the 50 or so homes, the villagers were going about the normalbusiness of a Friday morning. Madame Meunier was opening up thegrocery shop. Monsieur Creuzon was chatting to a neighbour andgetting ready to go to his allotment.
The postman was on his way to collect mail from another villagewhen he saw the cordon of soldiers and froze. He turned round, wenthome, scooped up his teenage wife and their 15-month-old daughterand sought refuge in the cellar under the village school.