“During the same evening 21 persons were killed at Tavaux and 83 houses were set on fire.”
Next comes a report by the gendarme, Carlier, on the events of the following day.
Document F-589, which we submit as Exhibit Number RF-404, shows the number of murders of patriots committed in the region of Lyons. It is dated 29 September 1944: 713 victims were found in 8 departments; 217 only have been identified. This figure is approximate; it is definitely less than the number of people who are missing in the 8 departments of Ain, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère, Loire, Rhône, Savoie, and Haute Savoie.
A German general, General Von Brodowski, confessed in his diary, which fell into our hands, that he had caused the murder of numerous patriots, and that the Wehrmacht, Police, and SS operated together and were responsible for these murders. These troops murdered wounded men in the hospital camps of the French forces of the interior. This document, which is under Number F-257, is submitted as Exhibit Number RF-405 and is to be found on Page 123 of your document book. In the last four paragraphs the police and the army combine:
“I have been charged with restoring the authority of the Army of Occupation in the Department of Cantal and neighboring regions.”
Dated 6 June 1944:
“General Jesser had been charged with the tactical direction of the undertaking. All troops available for the operation will be subordinate to him, as well as all other forces.
“The Commander of the Sipo and of the SD, Hauptsturmführer Geissler, remains at my immediate disposal; he will submit to me proposals for a possible utilization”—and so forth.