Pictures of some of the 20 Canadian soldiers executed by SS Colonel Kurt Meyer at the Abbaye d'Ardenne in Caen. This information only came to light after the war when a young Polish soldier, pressed into service by the Nazis, and witness to the massacre, told his story.
"Probably no single event of World War II aroused more widespread and continued interest in Canada than the trial and subsequent treatment of S.S. Major-General Kurt Meyer." -Bruce Macdonald, QC, The Trial of Kurt Meyer (1954) Gateway | March Issue Story 2
The allied soldiers were made aware of the murders in Normandy. My Father told me that they had been told not to take any SS Prisoners if they met any. They were told that Canadian Camerons had been murdered. This was the affiliated regiment to my fathers regiment, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders.
It's amazing how fast the news travels among the troops isn't it ? ... and yet it was all supposed to be hushed up ! :noidea:
