THE FIELD OF MARTYRS
On June 9, a silent march and a ceremony took place, adorning the balconies that served as gallows for 99 sprays of flowers.
A place of remembrance, unfortunately well known to Tullistes. The Field of Martyrs owes its name to the evening of 9 June 1944. In what was then a garbage dump, voluntarily chosen by the S.S. to add to the horror, the bodies of 99 young men were buried by the Panzer-Division Das Reich, after having been hung from the balconies of the arms factory district, the Nazi troops making their way to the Normandy front. It was this same division, commanded by General Lammerding, which, the next day, massacred the population of Oradour-sur-Glane, destroying the village. Two large, cold metal plaques facing each other bear the names of those killed. A stele erected by the Association of Deportees also lists the names of those whose ashes were brought back from the death camps.