Letter from the police chief of Sens

Letter from the police chief of Sens

On 13th December 1945, Gustave Traineau, Chief Brigadier of Police in Sens, recounts how a young English soldier, badly injured in a German operation against the Maquis in spring 1944, was brought to the hospital in Sens. After poor treatment by the German military police, the French police were asked to guard him when his condition became less serious. They eventually allowed visits and he was abducted by the resistance. Gustave praises the care of the medical staff, as well as the actions of the French police officers in enabling the abduction before alerting the authorities. He himself gave the Germans’ instructions without enforcing them.

1945-12-13

One typewritten sheet

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