La malpierre

A cursed place with a predestined name, it was chosen by the Nazi occupiers as the culmination of their sinister operations.

This deserted spot, lost in the forest but not far from Nancy, where a firing range already existed, was the setting for the firing squad's shootings, the last horizon for those who died alone, without any comfort, without a word of farewell.

How many fell there, far from family and friends? No one will know exactly. In the end, La Malpierre was the setting for the tragic end of at least 62 resistance fighters.

A stele was erected there after the war, and every year a commemorative ceremony is held to remember the victims. The monument reads:

"Here the Germans shot the soldiers of the Resistance who hoped and fought. Passers-by, pay your respects.