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Tag Archives: Nantes
This week in the War, 20–26 October 1941: Assassination in Nantes
This week in the war, around 7.30am on 20 October 1941, the Feldkommandant (German military governor) of Nantes, Lieutenant Colonel Karl Hotz, was assassinated by the French Resistance. The assassination took place at the rue du Roi Albert, close to … Continue reading
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Tagged Gilbert Brustlein, Karl Hotz, Marcel Bourdarias, Marianne in Chains, Nantes, Petain, Robert Gildea, Spartaco Guisco, von Stulpnagel
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