Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon
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The French Résistance of Joué-du-Plain, and the assassination of Emile Buffon.[1][2][3]
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The events concerns two tenants of Chateau de la Motte during World War II in Lower Normandy, France. The first was the mayor of the commune of Joue du Plain, Emile Buffon, who owned an animal brokering business, and rented the Chateau's attached farm.[4] Secondly there was Jacques Batchlier, who rented two buildings next to the main house, and had a dairy business.
Batchlier lived in Chateau de la Motte with his wife, Denise. Emile Buffon lived at a rented farm about two kilometers away called Mancelaire.[5]
Up until 1944, Normandy had been less disturbed by the War. The rich farmland permitted locals to live much better than those living with chronic shortages in cities. Long lost cousins in the countryside suddenly found themselves with many new relatives wanting to rekindle their rural roots. German troops assigned to the Normandy often cooperated with locals in order not to attract unwanted attention from Nazi administrators. All this changed in 1944.[6]