Memorial Pierre le Canadien

This memorial commemorates the Canadian sergeant Peter Dmytruk. On March 11, 1943 he was as an crew member of a bomber shot down and crashed in Chalons-sur-Marne. Peter obtained shelter with the help of the French Resistance. With the help of the French Resistance, Peter came a long way towards the Spanish border to return via Spain to England. Precisely because of this help and seeing the misery of war in France, Peter decided not to flee to Spain but to join the French Resistance. Peter and his resistance group were responsible for sabotage and an attack on an ammunition train. The Germans were on the trail of Peter due to the attack on the train. He was arrested and shot. The local population saw Peter as a hero, after his death, he received several awards and was a private headstone placed.

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