The Écrivélo Files

Journeys Through War-Torn Europe by Bike.

The House Where Commandant Guerin Recovered

One of a series of stories and place-based sketches exploring locations that sit at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book. Georges Arnult, Un Chirurgien dans la Tourmente, Éditions Lavauzelle, Paris–Limoges, 1981, p. 92. A hamlet in the Rhône, a surgeon's memoir, and one night in April[...]
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Le Cocon

Map of Le Cocon Circa 1938 SOURCE - Archives du département du Rhône et de la métropole de Lyon 04544, 5564W23 What is clear is that on the 19th of December 1943, M.Sonnery was arrested, and the temporary refuge of the Maquis at Le Cocon was destroyed. According to Roger[...]
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Fort Montluc

Montluc Prison is a former prison located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, France. During the occupation of France, it was known for being an internment, torture and execution site used by the Gestapo. It was initially a military prison, opened in 1921 and used as such by the Vichy[...]
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