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JACQUES VICO As quoted in "The Valour and the Horror"
A French civilian whose family still owns the Abbey at which the Canadians fought.
On Canadian POW's; June 8th (translated and retold in "The Valour and the Horror"):
01:30:00:00 A young German captain who spoke fluent English asked Windsor [a Lieutenant in Walters' tank regiment] to reveal Canadian battle plans, but Windsor would only give his name, rank and serial number. Lieutenant Windsor was then punched right in the face. Other Canadians were brought here and they were allowed to shake hands one last time. Then, they were shot one after the other. Next was Doucet, a Canadian Indian who was treated in a racist way by the Germans, and then shot for no apparent reason. Then Corporal Pollard, a boy of only 15 who lied about his age to join the army, murdered in this garden at the age of 18. The Vicos say the Germans searched the bodies of the murdered Canadians, looking for cigarettes. The SS officers then washed the blood from their hands...like Pontius Pilate.
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