Mur des Fusillés de la Chapelle-en-Vercors, World War II memorial in La Chapelle-en-Vercors, France.
The Mur des Fusillés is a memorial wall with stairs from the Albert farm where civilians were executed during World War II. The site includes an information building that provides visitors with documents and explanations about what happened.
On 21 July 1944 German forces attacked the Vercors maquis, entering by glider at Vassieux-en-Vercors and by ground assault through the Col du Rousset. When La Chapelle-en-Vercors was overrun, the population was gathered on the main square. On 25 July sixteen young men were arrested and held in the courtyard of the Albert farm, then executed that evening as the village burned.
The memorial keeps the date of 25 July 1944 present: sixteen young men from the village were arrested and held in the courtyard of the Albert farm before being shot that evening. The stone plaques list their names, and flowers and small signs are regularly laid at the base.
The memorial is set into a rough stone wall on the edge of La Chapelle-en-Vercors, a short walk from the village centre. The plaques and the cross stand at ground level on a paved area, so the site can be reached on foot and viewed from the path. Visit in daylight to read the inscribed names.
The wall stands on a classified site of the Drôme. The sixteen hostages were held in the courtyard of the Albert farm before being shot on the evening of 25 July 1944, the same evening the village burned. The plaques set into the stone carry their names.
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