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  6. The four forest houses and the memorial at the Carrefour de la Résistance

The four forest houses and the memorial at the Carrefour de la Résistance à Lorris dans le Loiret

Loiret

The four forest houses and the memorial at the Carrefour de la Résistance

    62 Carrefour de la Résistance
    45260 Lorris
Les quatre maisons forestières et le monument commémoratif situés au Carrefour de la Résistance
Les quatre maisons forestières et le monument commémoratif situés au Carrefour de la Résistance
Les quatre maisons forestières et le monument commémoratif situés au Carrefour de la Résistance
Les quatre maisons forestières et le monument commémoratif situés au Carrefour de la Résistance
Les quatre maisons forestières et le monument commémoratif situés au Carrefour de la Résistance
Crédit photo : Travail personnel - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1940 (22 décembre)
Deportations of resistant persons
1944 (12 août)
Battle of Chicamour
1944 (14 août)
German repression
1944 (août-septembre)
Liberation of cities
2023 (16 octobre)
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The ruins of the forest houses of the Bordes and Lorris; the facades and roofs of the forest houses of Montereau and of Ouzouer-sur-Loire; the memorial of the maquis of Lorris and the tomb of Colonel O-Neill and his wife; the 60 cenotaphs known as the cemetery of the crossroads; the cenotaph that precedes the house of the Bordes and the two cenotaphs that precede the house of Lorris; the soils of the intersection itself and its circumference, as shown on the plan annexed to the Order. These parts are located at the crossroads of the Resistance, at the limit of the communes of Les Bordes, Lorris, Montereau and Ouzouer-sur-Loire. They appear in the cadastre of their commune as follows, within the limits indicated in blue on the plan annexed to the decree: Commune de Les Bordes: the forest house, the cenotaph located at the front of the house, part of the following parcels, located section A of the cadastre: parcel No 13, 33, 35, 36, 37, 45, 1572; Commune of Lorris: the memorial of the Maquis de Lorris and the tomb of Colonel O'Neill and his wife, not cadastreed, the forest house, the two cenotaphs located in front of the house, part of the following parcels, located in section BI of the cadastre: Parcel No. 40, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54; Commune de Montereau: the forest house, part of the following parcels, located in section L of the cadastre: parcel No. 2, 24, 287; Commune of Ouzouer-sur-Loire: the forest house, parcels Nos. 35 and 36, located section A of the cadastre, part of parcel No. 1, located section B of the cadastre: inscription by order of 16 October 2023

Key figures

Albin Chalandon - Head of the maquis de Lorris Found the maquis, wounded twice, decorated.
Marc O’Neill - Colonel, Chief of the Maquis Directed the local resistance, buried on site.
Albert (capitaine) - Commander of the unified guerrillas Lead after fusion in 1944.
Georges O’Neill - Prefect of a book on the maquis Postwar historical testimony.
Général Leclerc - Saviour of Albin Chalandon Allows his participation in Paris.

Origin and history

The Carrefour de la Résistance, located in Lorris, Loiret, is an emblematic place of the French Resistance during the Second World War. This forest site was the scene of a bloody repression on 14 August 1944, when the German army surrounded the crossroads, arrested and shot 50 resistance fighters – guerrillas and civilians – before burning the four forest houses. These events followed the Battle of Chicamour two days earlier, when 150 guerrillas attacked an enemy convoy to seize vehicles.

The maquis of Lorris, led notably by Albin Chalandon and Marc O Despite the repression, the survivors then took part in the liberation of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, Orléans and Paris. After the war, the site was renamed the Carrefour de la Résistance and preserved the ruins of the burnt houses, as well as a memorial with 60 cenotaphs. The sites were listed at the Historic Monuments in October 2023.

Among the notable figures, Albin Chalandon, seriously wounded twice, was saved by General Leclerc and decorated with the Legion of Honour for his role in the liberation of Paris. The other leader of the maquis, Colonel Marc O Today, the site symbolizes the sacrifice of the resistors and the memory of the deportations to the German camps (Oflags and Stalags) suffered by some members of the maquis.

The protected elements include the ruins of the houses of the Bordes and Lorris, the facades of the houses of Montereau and Ouzouer-sur-Loire, as well as the monument, cenotaphs and floors of the crossroads. This place of memory, located at the junction of the four municipalities, remains a poignant testimony of Nazi repression and the struggle for freedom.

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