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Ardenne Abbey Massacre. June 1944. On 7th, 8th and 17th June 1944, in the immediate aftermath of D-Day, twenty Canadian soldiers were executed by the Germans at the Abbaye d'Ardenne, a massive collection of medieval buildings including an early gothic church, a chateau and farm buildings at Villons les Buissons which today is a suburb of the modern city of Caen.

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The Abbaye d'Ardenne was liberated by the Regina Rifles shortly before midnight on July 8. Their members discovered the body of Lt. Williams (who is buried in the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery), however no trace of LCpl. Pollard was ever found. The Bayeux Memorial (near the Bayeux War Cemetery) lists him as missing.

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At the Abbaye d'Ardenne, they put a pistol to each of [the Canadians'] heads and shot them through the back of the head." The memory of the murdered soldiers is honoured on various commemorative plaques in the Normandy countryside. At the Abbaye d'Ardenne, a memorial in the garden where 18 executions took place is frequently covered.

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The murders at the nearby Abbaye d'Ardenne were equally brutal. After the Abbaye had quickly filled with Canadian POWs, 10 were randomly chosen and moved to the chateau next to the abbey; an 11th POW was brought there later. That evening all 11 men—five North Nova and six Sherbrooke POWs—were taken from the garden and shot to death.

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The Abbaye d'Ardenne was used by Kurt Meyer, the Commander of the German 25. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment. The monastery is not always accessible for the audiance. Opening-times in April 2008 were from Tuesday to Sunday 14:00 - 18:00. During there hours is the terrain accessible. The monastery itself has become a library and is only accessible.

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S.S. Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. The Ardenne abbey is a pre-monastery abbey built from 1121 to the north-west of Caen. On the 7th of June, 1944, SS Panzergrenadierregiment headquarters, led by the SS SS and Kart Meyer belonging to the 12th SS Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend counterattack towards the beaches and settled in the abbey in order to.

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Practical Information. Address : Abbaye d'Ardenne IMEC Abbaye d'Ardenne 14280 Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe. : 02 31 29 37 37. : Contact. Website : View Website. opening. Free visit of the exteriors from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday. And from Wednesday to Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. for exhibitions.

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In a garden next to the monastery Abbaye d'Ardenne a Canadian memorial is situated. The memorial commemorates 20 executed soldiers. "On the night of 7-8 June 1944, eighteen Canadian soldiers were murdered in this garden while being held here as prisoners of war. Two more prisoners died here, or nearby, on 17 June 1944.

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Top ways to experience Abbey d'Ardenne and nearby attractions. Full-Day Canadian Battlefields and Sites of Normandy Tour. 27. Recommended. Historical Tours. from. $148.31. per adult. Le Havre Shore Excursion: Private Day Tour to Juno Beach Sector & Ardenne Abbey.

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Abbaye d'Ardenne. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Abbaye Notre-Dame . L' abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ardenne est une ancienne abbaye prémontrée, fondée au XIIe siècle à Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe ( Calvados) près de Caen. Elle est aujourd'hui occupée par l' Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine .

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Abbaye d'Ardenne 14280 Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe tél. 02 31 29 37 37. Bureau parisien 6, rue Antoine Dubois, 75006 Paris. Pour consulter les archives Service d'orientation à distance tél. 02 31 29 52 33 [email protected]. Horaires d'ouvertures L'abbaye d'Ardenne :

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L'Abbaye d'Ardenne constitue la 3e grande abbaye de l'agglomération caennaise. Abbaye aux champs, abbaye prémontrée et abbaye mémorielle, ce site exceptionnel fait l'objet depuis 2000 de constantes campagnes de restauration. Les bâtiments, aux styles architecturaux différents, sont aujourd'hui propriété de la Région Normandie.

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Abbaye d'Ardenne - Klostergebäude und Abteikirche. Die Abbaye d'Ardenne, auch Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ardenne ist ein ehemaliges Prämonstratenserkloster in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe in der Normandie.Der gesamte Komplex setzt sich aus Bauten vom 12. bis ins 21. Jahrhundert zusammen. Seit 1918 und seit 1947 ist die Abtei als Monument historique anerkannt.

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On 7 & 8 June a total of 18 Canadian prisoners of war were murdered at the Abbey Ardenne. At Meyer's war crimes trial in December 1945, the massacre at the Abbey formed the core of the five charges laid against him. Kurt was released in 1954, after nine years in prison. Meadow next to Abbey Ardenne.

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The Ardenne Abbey massacre occurred during the Battle of Normandy at the Ardenne Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen, France. In June 1944, 20 Canadian soldiers were massacred in a garden at the abbey by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend over the course of several days and weeks.