EXECUTED BY NAZIS
FRENCH RAILWAYMEN
TRAINS BLOWN UP AT LILLE
(Rec. 2 p.m.) RUGBY, October 2. Free French headquarters in London state that, on September 26, 20 Frenchmen were shot by the Germans in Lille. The news first indicated that this shooting had taken place in Belgium. From a depot of explosive material in northern France on the night of September 22-23 several cases of high explosives were stolen, and on the night of September 24-25 a German train transporting ammunition was blown up, as well as two goods trains in the vicinity of Lille. i On the following day, the Germans arrested and shot 20 French railway workers who were executed without j charge or trial.—B.O.W.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1941, Page 6
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117EXECUTED BY NAZIS Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 82, 3 October 1941, Page 6
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