2023
I- Entraide, Secours et Dons
Le don à la Croix-Rouge, qui fut si importante pour les prisonniers, est renouvelé.
Le don au Musée de Borne Sulinowo est de 500 euros pour réaliser une plaque avec les noms des prisonniers de guerre décédés dans l'Oflag II D.
II- Mémoire et Histoire
- Journée à Dunkerque le 10 juin pour 10 adhérents organisée par Eric et Charlotte Delloye, Une gerbe a été déposée au monument de l'opération Dynamo suivi d'une visite du quai Est, puis l'après-midi du Musée avec un guide qui a expliqué les causes de la capture de 40000 soldats français.
- RDV de l'Histoire à Blois, 5-8 Octobre, « Les vivants et les Morts »
Pour la 4e année, depuis la première organisée par Etienne Jacheet en 2020, nous mesurons en équipe l'importance de ces journées pour l'amitié entre nous, les relations avec le public, la découverte de nouveaux descendants de prisonniers, le travail historique.
Conférence dans la Cathédrale par Isabelle Schwartz-Gastine, le 5 octobre : L'abbé Pierre Flament historien chroniqueur de l'Oflag IID-IIB durant sa captivité de 1940 à 1945. Environ 80 personnes ont été présentes
Par roulement sur le stand, durant 3 jours, présence de 10 adhérents (dont 6 membres du CA)
Un grand merci à Marie-France Fayet qui a porté toute l'organisation
- Plaque mémorielle aux Invalides
En lien avec l'ONAVC, le Président, Dominique Simon, et Thierry Hubert œuvrent pour l'installation d'une plaque aux Invalides pour la mémoire des Oflags IID-IIB, XXIB. Les enjeux historiques et politiques sont très importants. Si une plaque ne trouvait pas sa place aux Invalides, la gare d'Orsay, où la plupart des prisonniers sont passés dès leur retour de captivité, pourrait représenter une option.
- Restitution de documents personnels du Lieutenant Albert Mouisset
Joël GARCIA-ALVAREZ, collectionneur passionné depuis plus de quarante ans, a décidé de faire don à l'Amicale des archives du Lieutenant Albert MOUISSET, ancien prisonnier de l'Oflag IID de Gross-Born. L'Amicale a donné au fils du lieutenant Mouisset qui souhaitait les reprendre les lettres entre son père et sa mère : Etienne Jacheet est allé à Lyon pour les lui remettre.
- Recensement de tous les prisonniers passés par les Oflags IID-IIB
Etienne Jacheet et son épouse poursuivent ce travail minutieux et journalier pour croiser des données et recenser tous les prisonniers qui sont passés par les oflags IID-IIB à partir des listes allemandes de prisonniers.
III- Vie associative
Trois Conseils d'Administration : 31 mars, 06 juin, et 17 octobre, et de nombreux échanges entre les membres du bureau
Une Assemblée Générale le 3 décembre
L'historien Rémi Dalisson, rencontré à Blois, a accepté de venir nous parler de son livre, Soldats de 40 : une génération sacrifiée, avant la tenue de l'AG.
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| 2022
Sunday 4 December 2022: General Assembly preceded by a conference by Régis Baty (historian of the Gendarmerie, specialist in Russia and the USSR): "The Soviet management of French escapees via the USSR before 22 June 1941".
7-10 October 2022: Stand at the Rendez-vous de l'Histoire in Blois.
Saturday 11 June 2022: Memorial Day in Dunkirk organised by Eric Delloye (see report and photos on the website).
16 June : Presence of 3 members of the Amicale at Delphine Richard's thesis " French and Jewish prisoners of war during the Second World War " which took place at the University of Lyon II (Research Director Annette Wieviorka). The link to this thesis will be on the website.
May: Trip to Poland.
6 May 2022: Radio programme by Isabelle Gastine: "A 20th century personality from Ales: Canon Pierre Flament (1907-1998)" for the French-speaking Christian Radio.
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2021
October 2021: Stand at the Rendez-vous de l'Histoire in Blois.
Saturday 9 October 2021: Lecture by Isabelle Gastine to the Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de l'Orne, of which Abbé Flament was president, "Le Chanoine Pierre Flament (1907-1998): Soldier and Historian".
2021 : Day of the Amicale cancelled due to confinement.
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2020
October 2020: Stand at the Rendez-vous de l'Histoire in Blois.
The Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB is organising its "Oflag Day" on Sunday 26 January 2020 at 2pm at the Military School in Paris.
A mass will be said in memory of Lieutenant André RABIN, on the same day at 9.30 a.m. in the church of Notre Dame de la Gare, Place Jeanne D'Arc in Paris (13th).
A plaque on which appear, among others, his name and that of his elder brother, Paul RABIN, is located in this church.
Conference by Isabelle GASTINE (daughter of Gérard Gastine, Oflag IIB): "In the footsteps of Pierre Flament".
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The Extraordinary and Ordinary General Assemblies of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2019 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris from 2 p.m.
A tribute to Lieutenant André Rabin, murdered during an escape attempt from Oflag IID on 18 March 1942, will be paid to him in front of his grave in the military cemetery of Thiais on 6 October at 9.30 am.
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The board of directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will meet on Saturday 28 September 2019 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
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The board of directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB met on Saturday 23 March 2019 at the military school in Paris.
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The board of directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB met on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the military school in Paris.
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Members of the Board of Directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB following the general meeting of 7 October 2018 (period 2018-2021):
Bureau:
President: General Dominique Simon, son of Jean Simon, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Honorary Vice-President: Monique Hubert, wife of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Vice-Presidents : Jean Louis Billard, son of René Billard, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB, Etienne Jacheet, son of Bernard Jacheet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Secretary General: Béatrice de Montlivault daughter of Ferdinand de Tarlé, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Deputy Secretary General : Isabelle Gastine, daughter of Gérard Gastine, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Treasurer: Anne Marie Coudron, daughter of Raymond Morel, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Deputy Treasurer: Thierry Hubert, son of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Members of the Board of Directors :
Alain Briottet, son of Marcel Briottet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Marie-France Fayet, daughter of Captain Pierre Carcel, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Vincent Hibon, son of Philippe Hibon, prisoner of Oflags IID-IIB,
Elisabeth Legrand, daughter of Jean Legrand, prisoner of Oflags IID-IIB,
Claire Pernot, granddaughter of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Marie-Françoise PERNOT, daughter of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Nicole Rivoire, daughter of Raymond Menil, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Jean-Pierre Rochas, son of Pierre Rochas, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Dominique Sabroux, daughter of René Sabroux, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB,
Didier Vallet, son of Robert Vallet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB.
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The Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB is organising its "Oflag Day" on Sunday 27 January 2019 at 2pm at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
Conference by Isabelle Gastine (daughter of Gérard Gastine, Oflag IIB): "In the steps of Pierre Flament".
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The Ordinary General Assembly of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will take place on Sunday 7 October 2018 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
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The board of directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB met on Saturday 17 March 2018 at the military school in Paris.
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The Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB is organising a new trip to Poland to the sites of Oflag IID - IIB and XXIB from 5 to 11 June 2018 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the recreation of the town of Borne Sulinowo (Gross-Born).
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The Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB is organising its "Oflag Day" on Sunday 28 January 2018 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
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The Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB is organising a trip to the sites of Oflag IID and IIB from Thursday 21 to Wednesday 27 September 2017.
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The Ordinary General Assembly of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will take place on Sunday 1 October 2017 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
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The Board of Directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB met on Saturday 18 March 2017 at the military school in Paris.
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Mr Alain BRIOTTET will sign his book "Sine Die" during the afternoon of Saturday, December 3rd as indicated on the attached invitation.
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Hello everyone,
With Géraud, we are happy to invite you to a drink, with some autographs, on Thursday, December 8th at the town hall of the 9th district in Paris.
To our escapes!
Elodie
Dear readers,
I am very pleased to announce the publication of Comment fausser compagnie à ses geôliers allemands, an unpublished text by Lieutenant Géraud de Bonnafos, rediscovered more than 70 years after it was written by his grandchildren Elodie and Géraud.
An officer when the Second World War broke out, Lieutenant de Bonnafos was taken prisoner in 1940 and sent to an oflag.
In this camp, he witnessed many ingenious and surprising escape attempts and tried to regain his freedom three times, but was unfortunately always caught.
Suffering from severe pleurisy, the young officer was finally repatriated to France in 1942 for medical reasons. During his convalescence in a sanatorium, he gave this astonishing lecture (transcribed here for the first time) based on his experience and that of his comrades.
Enjoy reading it,
Pierre de Taillac
Publisher
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The General Assembly of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will take place on Sunday 2 October 2016 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
Members of the Board of Directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB at the end of the Board of Directors meeting of March 12, 2016, after the co-option, in accordance with the statutes of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB, of Mr. François DUQUESNE:
Honorary President: André Lesage, Prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
President: General Dominique Simon, son of Jean Simon, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Vice-Presidents :
Monique Hubert, wife of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Jean Louis Billard, son of René Billard, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Secretary General: Etienne Jacheet, son of Bernard Jacheet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB Deputy Secretary General: Marie-Françoise Pernot, daughter of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Treasurer: Anne Marie Coudron, daughter of Raymond Morel, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Deputy Treasurer: Dominique Roher, son of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Members of the Board of Directors :
Marie Héléne Brienne, wife of Pierre Brienne, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Alain Briottet, son of Marcel Briottet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
(Mr. Briottet has, in accordance with the statutes of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB, been co-opted to replace Mr. Patrick Noddings, who passed away on 6 May 2015. Mr Briottet will be eligible for re-election at the end of Mr Noddings' mandate).
Jacqueline Couchouron, wife of Gérard Couchouron, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
François Duquesne, son of Henri Duquesne, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB.
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Saturday 12 MARCH 2016 :
The Board of Directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will meet in Paris today at 2pm.
For 10 years, the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB has carried out the following activities
- creation of this website in which, each year, we put online new documents provided by families who contact us,
- Continuation of the publication of the newsletter "Le Lien" (in 2015 the number 383 was published),
- reissue of the booklet produced in 2000 by General Jean SIMON, former President of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB,
- reprint of Louis ROLLAND's book, "Jusqu'à Bergen",
- afternoon meeting on 1 February 2015 which brought together 120 people who came to listen to readings from
of books by prisoners of Oflag IID-IIB,
- annual ceremony of homage to Lieutenant André RABIN at the Parisian cemetery of Thiais,
- payment of a grant and organisation of a subscription to help develop the Oflag IID museum
museum in Borne Sulinowo (Gross-Born). 5,600 has been donated since 2012, as well as souvenirs made by the prisoners and books that have been donated.
and books that have been donated.
- October 2013: reception of our Polish friends from Borne Sulinowo (Gross-Born) and Choszczno (Arnswalde),
- continuation of financial aid to three families of prisoners of Oflag IID-IIB,
- scanning of the archives of our Amicale and creation of a cdrom,
- publication of a "flyer" accompanying the 2015 bulletin and presenting our Amicale and its achievements.
Future projects :
- filmed interviews of 6 children of prisoners, born before the war, in order to collect their testimonies of children deprived of fathers, during five years,
- deposit of the archives of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB in the military archives of Vincennes,
- creation in June 2016 of two frescoes on a wall of the Oflag IID museum in Borne Sulinowo (Gross-Born) by an association from Troyes (Aube),
chaired by the daughter of an Oflag IID-IIB prisoner.
One will pay tribute to the Polish prisoners, the other will pay tribute to the French prisoners.
- A new afternoon meeting will be held on Sunday 31 January 2016.
- In June 2016, at the Meaux prison, intervention of our General Secretary alongside Eric CENAT, director of the "théâtre de l'imprévu" troupe in Orléans. Eric will read a book by Louis ROLLAND (Louis FRANCIS) as part of the activities on the Second World War.
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Sunday 31 January 2016: date to remember
We propose to meet on Sunday 31 January 2016 in the afternoon in the Ecole Militaire in Paris for a performance that we offer with the participation of storytellers who will present texts and poignant poems written in captivity. You will find the programme of this event inside the bulletin n° 383 as well as a registration form.
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Members of the Board of Directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB
at the end of the general assembly of 4 October 2015 :
Honorary President: André Lesage, Prisoner of Oflags IID-IIB
President: General Dominique Simon, son of Jean Simon, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Vice-Presidents :
Monique Hubert, wife of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Jean Louis Billard, son of René Billard, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Secretary General: Etienne Jacheet, son of Bernard Jacheet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB Deputy Secretary General: Marie-Françoise Pernot, daughter of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Treasurer: Anne Marie Coudron, daughter of Raymond Morel, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Deputy Treasurer: Dominique Roher, son of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Members of the Board of Directors :
Marie Héléne Brienne, wife of Pierre Brienne, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Alain Briottet, son of Marcel Briottet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB, (Mr. Briottet has, in accordance with the statutes of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB, been co-opted to replace Mr. Patrick Noddings, who passed away on 6 May 2015. Mr Briottet will be eligible for re-election at the end of Mr Noddings' mandate).
Jacqueline Couchouron, wife of Gérard Couchouron, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Vincent Hibon, son of Philippe Hibon, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB Thierry Hubert, grandson of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Cyrielle Jacheet, granddaughter of Bernard Jacheet, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Elisabeth Legrand, daughter of Jean Legrand, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Pierre Martin, son of André Martin, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Claire Pernot, granddaughter of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Nicole Rivoire, daughter of Raymond Menil, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Dominique Sabroux, daughter of René Sabroux, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Geneviève Tillard, daughter of Adolphe Tillard, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Olivier Blazy, sympathizer of the Administration of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will meet in Paris on this day at 2 pm.
The General Assembly of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB
will take place on Sunday 4 October 2015 at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.
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Sunday 17 MAY 2015 : date to remember
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the LIBERATION of the Oflags and Stalags, the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will visit the village of Moutiers Saint Jean in the Côte d'Or,
in the village of Moutiers Saint Jean, in order to pay homage to Father Henri DUPAQUIER who was the parish priest of this village.
Father DUPAQUIER, who could have been repatriated as a veteran of the 1st World War
in the early days of his captivity, refused this opportunity. He wished to stay with his fellow prisoners
considering that they were "his" parishioners and that the Oflag had become "his" parish.
He gave it the name of "Saint Pierre aux Liens".
He remained a great character in the memory of the captives of this Oflag.
He regularly stood up to the Germans.
This was the case, for example, when he went to see Lieutenant André RABIN who was wounded when he came out of an escape tunnel on the third night that it was in use. 17 officers had already escaped during the previous two nights.
the previous two nights. The Germans were waiting at the exit of the 117 metre long tunnel.
The Germans wanted to chase him out of the infirmary where the wounded man had been taken, but Father DUPAQUIER prevailed and stayed. Lieutenant RABIN died the next day in the hospital of Stalag IIB in Hammerstein where he had been taken during the night.
he had been taken during the night. At the time of the burial of this officer in the cemetery of this Stalag
Henri DUPAQUIER celebrated a mass in Oflag IID in his memory.
Numerous protests erupted as "ASSASSINS". These demonstrations were repressed by the Germans
by the Germans and sanctions were imposed.
He had also obtained the right to visit the prisoners in Stalags in the region where there were no prisoners.
there was no priest.
A mass will be celebrated at 10.30 a.m. on 17 May by Father Christian BAUD, the current parish priest.
The commune has decided to join in this tribute.
Indeed, after the war, Father DUPAQUIER presided over the restoration of the church and he was very involved with the young people of his commune within sports associations. He organised trips for them
one of which took place in Algeria.
If you would like to attend, please let us know by sending an e-mail to the
to the internet address in the CONTACT section of our website.
The day before, members who are able to do so, will pay their respects at his grave in the Dijon cemetery where he is buried and a wreath will be laid.
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Saturday 14 MARCH 2015 :
The "communication" commission of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will meet in Paris today at 10.30 am.
The Board of Directors of the Amicale de l'Oflag IID-IIB-XXIB will meet in Paris today at 2 p.m.
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1 FEBRUARY 2015: date to remember
29 January 1945 - 29 January 2015:....already 70 years old....
Arnswalde, 29 January 1945: "5.30 am. It is dark. The doors of our block...are suddenly open" .... writes P. Escoube. The prisoner officers were hastily preparing to leave the Arnswalde camp in Pomerania under pressure from the Russians for an unknown destination to the West, which we could call "The Long March"...of more than 500 km....
70 years later, let us also free ourselves and trust our certainties: "Let us open the doors of the Amicale" to those, families and friends, who want to remember and let us allow them to meet together on this anniversary around a past that is common to us all.
We propose to meet on Sunday 1 February 2015 in the afternoon at the Ecole Militaire in Paris for a performance that we offer with the participation of storytellers who will present poignant texts and poems written in captivity. You will find the programme of this event inside bulletin n° 382 as well as a registration form. A DVD of the "archives" of the Amicale intended to immortalise the memory of the officers imprisoned in the OFLAG IID IIB will be made available to you on this occasion and will be sent to the Service Historique des Armées in Vincennes.
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5 OCTOBER 2014: EXTRAORDINARY and GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(Full C/R in bulletin n° 382)
If you wish to obtain this bulletin, please let us know by writing an email to the internet address
to the internet address which appears in the CONTACT section of our website.
Members of the Board of Directors Amicale Oflags IID IIB XXIB elected and re-elected on 05 October 2014 :
Honorary President: André Lesage, Prisoner of the Oflags IID- IIB
President: General Dominique Simon, son of Jean Simon, prisoner of the Oflags IID- IIB
Vice-Presidents :
Monique Hubert, wife of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID- IIB
Jean Louis Billard, son of René Billard, prisoner of the Oflags IID-IIB
Secretary General: Etienne Jacheet, son of Bernard Jacheet, prisoner of the Oflags IID- IIB
Deputy General Secretary : Marie-Françoise Pernot, daughter of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Treasurer: Anne Marie Coudron, daughter of Raymond Morel, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Deputy Treasurer: Dominique Roher, son of Henri Roher, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
As well as the members of the board of directors:
Marie Héléne Brienne, wife of Pierre Brienne, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Jacqueline Couchouron, wife of Gérard Couchouron, prisoner of the Oflags IID -IIB
Vincent Hibon, son of Philippe Hibon, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Thierry Hubert, grandson of Jean Hubert, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Cyrielle Jacheet, granddaughter of Bernard Jacheet, Oflag prisoner IID - IIB
Elisabeth Legrand, daughter of Jean Legrand, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Pierre Martin, son of André Martin, Oflag prisoner IID - IIB
Patrick Noddings, son-in-law of Bernard Jacheet, prisoner of the Oflags IID - IIB
Claire Pernot, granddaughter of Henri Roher, Oflag prisoner IID - IIB
Nicole Rivoire, daughter of Raymond Menil, Oflag prisoner IID - IIB
Dominique Sabroux, daughter of René Sabroux, Oflag prisoner IID - IIB
Geneviève Tillard, daughter of Adolphe Tillard, Oflag prisoner IID - IIB
Olivier Blazy, sympathiser |
