Wall of the Fusillés

From August 21, 1941 to July 21, 1944, 218 patriots were shoot by the Germans in the ditches of the Arras Citadel. Four in 1941, ninety-three in 1942, forty-three in 1943 and seventy-eight in 1944. The youngest of these martyrs was 16 and a half, named Julien Delval; the oldest was 69, named Henri Quéval.The men shot belonged to nine different nationalities: 189 French, 15 Poles, 5 Belgians, 3 Soviets, 2 Portuguese, 1 Italian, 1 Hungarian, 1 Czech, 1 Yugoslav. All social categories were represented: 1 priest, 7 teachers, 10 craftsmen, shopkeepers, 11 farmers, 16 employees, civil servants, 10 SNCF railway workers, 33 workers, 130 miners.
Source Wikipasdecalais
Credit photo "Arras wall shot entrance". Via Wikipasdecalais.