andré bayle is dead

[armin stohr]

André Bayle( b.1926), died near his hometown of Marseille on March 8.
He was the author of "Des Jeux olympiques à la Waffen SS", which recalls his war in the Sturmbrigade and the Division Charlemagne.
He was very much active until his death, in various veteran's' actvities.

This a link to his book: http://www.ladiffusiondulore.fr/souveni ... 20138.html

[Simon H]

Thanks for the post Armin,

I'm reading "For Europe: the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS" by Robert Forbes, so this is a timely post regarding the Sturmbrigade.

[armin stohr]

Two other French veterans died recently: Gilbert Gilles ( in Feb.2010) and Jean-Jacques Pillet ( late in 2009). Gilles was the author several books of memoirs which are very much controversial within the vet's milieu. Pillet served at the end of the war, and his ashes were disseminated in the Schwartzwald region of Germany.

[panzermahn]

R.I.P Andre Bayle.

He fought and was captured during the Charlemagne Division battles at Pomerania in 1945. Was sent to the hellish death camp at Tambov where most of the French captured by the Russians were held. Survived and was repatriated to France in the 50s.