Germans deport 450 from French town
Bern, Switzerland –
Latest news of French civilian tragedy comes from the little town of Tulle in Corrèze, France.
In the middle of June, Partisans occupied Tulle for 24 hours. Then SS troops (Elite Guards) entered the town.
For two days, the population lived in unspeakable terror. The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, fresh in their minds. Courageously, the Vichyite prefect intervened requesting that SS troops be recalled since “complete quiet prevailed.” So the SS were replaced by a German Army regiment.
Immediately 450 persons were arrested and deported to Germany.