The Saint-Genis-Laval Massacre or Fort de Côte-Lorette Massacre was the execution of about 120 French citizens, mostly members of the Resistance, by German security police at Fort de Côte-Lorette, Saint-Genis-Laval, on 20 August 1944.
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