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Two Senegalese tirailers will be honoured Saturday in Gigny. It was in this small village of Yonne that Yali Fal and Souleyemane Ly were executed by the German army on 18 June 1940. Eighty-six years after their disappearance, this commemoration highlights the racist massacres committed by the Wehrmacht and recalls the importance of the participation of African soldiers in the French army.
Two Senegalese tirailers will be honoured Saturday in Gigny. It was in this small village of Yonne that Yali Fal and Souleyemane Ly were executed by the German army on 18 June 1940. Eighty-six years after their disappearance, this commemoration highlights the racist massacres committed by the Wehrmacht and recalls the importance of the participation of African soldiers in the French army.
