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Monument Resistance Fighters Portes

(France - Languedoc-Roussillon - Portes)

This monument commemorates the victims of war from Portes. Mentioned on the monument are:

- Joseph Roques, executed by the Germans in Paris on August 11, 1942

- Henri Pietzykowski, died during battle in Boucoiron on August 25, 1944

- Jean André Coutaud, Georges Joseph, Michelle Cagnina and Germain Charpentier, all died on July 7, 1944 in the fight against the Germans.

- All civilians who were killed on July 8, 1944 during a German retaliation.

Source

• Text: Kevin Prenger
• Photos: Coen Prenger