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Stele Roustan Lucien and Allemand Abel

Two steles in tribute to resistance fightersand childhood friends Lucien Roustan and Abel Allemand arrested by the 8th Brandenburg Company.

Lucien Roustan born in Lambesc on November 24, 1913 arrested in his maquis then incarcerated in the Splendid hotel in Cavaillon shot dead there on July 14, 1944 at the age of 31. He will be decorated with the croix de guerre
Abel Allemand also born in Lambesc on January 23, 1907, arrested on the 4 days before incarcerated in the Hotel du Splendid in Cavaillon shot dead there on July 14, 1944 at the age of 37.

8th Brandenburg Company: anti-Resistance company in southern France assimilated to the Waffen SS or militia
Source: http://provence-historique.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/Pdf/PH-2013-63-252_5.pdf


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