Free visit of a mill, place of memory in Beyssenac

Name: Free visit of a mill, place of memory in Beyssenac
Start: 2023-09-16T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Moulin de la Résistance du Pont Lasveyras

In February 1944, the mill of the Lasveyras bridge, located on the banks of the Auvezère in Beyssenac, housed about fifty young refractories to the STO.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free of charge. Free admission.

©Mairie de BEYSSENAC

In February 1944, the mill of the Lasveyras bridge, located on the banks of the Auvezère in Beyssenac, housed about fifty young refractories to the STO. On February 16, 1944, in the early morning, a German detachment surprises them. Following the massacre: 34 executed on the spot, 13 deportees including 6 dead in deportation, 7 survivors, 3 survivors. All these young men were waiting to form the Violette battalion, which will form in June 1944.
Outside the site, discover: - the path of memory: years 1940 to 1945, - walking trails and botanical trail on the site, - stele of martyrs.
During the summer, you can discover in the "inside of the mill an exhibition presenting the Resistants as well as objects.

About the location

Moulin de la Résistance du Pont Lasveyras

Pont Lasveyras, 19230 Beyssenac

Dordogne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

It is between Beyssenac and Payzac, on the verge of the Corrèze and of the Dordogne, that a group of Resistance fighters found refuge. On February 16th, 1944 the mill was encircled by the German troops and having gone(surrendered) 34 resistance fighters were summarily executed on the spot. 3 escaped massacre, 12 were deported and 5 have never returned of concentration camps. The mill receives an exhibition(exposure) realised in homage to 49 victims today. A path(way) of memory was realised, including 10 on-site panels(signs) which allow to include genesis and progress of massacre but also to replace it in the wider context of the black years of Second World War and of Activity(Occupation).