Beurey-sur-Saulx
Beurey-sur-Saulx (, literally Beurey on Saulx) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.
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- Locality
- Beurey-sur-Saulx
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Population
- 502
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Beurey-sur-Saulx (, literally Beurey on Saulx) is a commune in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region in northeastern France.
On 29 August 1944, the 3rd Panzergenadier Division of the German Wehrmacht massacred 86 inhabitants of this and the three neighboring villages of Robert-Espagne, Couvonges and Mognéville. This is also referred to as the Massacre de la vallée de la Saulx. In Beurey-sur-Saulx, the deputy mayor Mr. Aimé Honoré, Mr. Paul Fenaux and Mr. Eugene Francis were shot in front of their homes.
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