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Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Remembrance Day 2019: Ardenne Abbey Massacre

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Episode 99 - Only days after the D-Day invasion 18 Canadians were taken as prisoners of war by the fanatical nazis in the 12 SS Panzer Division. The were led back to Abbaye d'Aredene in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France, a complex of structures that have stood since 1766. Over two days, June 7 and 8, 1944, 18 Canadian POW's, belonging to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were murdered by men reporting to Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, who was later charged and convicted of war crimes for his hand in these and other murders of Canadian POWs at the hands of his troops. Sources:[Ardenne Abbey massacre - Wikipedia][Abbaye d’Ardenne - Veterans Affairs Canada][12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Wikipedia][(PDF) Kurt Meyer on Trial: A Documentary Record][D-Day veteran’s harrowing tale of advancing deep behind Nazi lines - YouTube][WarHistoryOnline - The Ardenne Abbey Massacre][The 1942 Dieppe Raid - Veterans Affairs Canada][WarMuseum.ca - A Chronology of Canadian Military History - Canada at D-Day, 1944][Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer][The 12th SS by Hubert Meyer][World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy][Guerres et violences à l’abbaye d’Ardenne] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and

0:04.7

add free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. You're about to listen to a historical episode

0:10.8

of Dark Poutine. After episode 149, you will find Scott is no longer with the show.

0:16.9

In an effort to maintain continuity and offer listeners as many episodes as possible,

0:22.1

we are leaving the episodes in which he co-hosted intact. Thank you.

0:30.0

Welcome to Dark Poutine, I'm Mike Brown creator and host with me as usual as my good friend

0:47.4

and co-host Scott Hemmanway, say hello Scott. I love you all. Oh, that's very nice.

0:53.5

It's a remembrance day and it's good to remember that I love everybody.

0:58.5

Well, that's not what we're here to remember. We're here to remember the sacrifices that people

1:03.8

made on the battlefield to give us the freedoms that we enjoy today. It's a lot heavier than what

1:09.6

I was talking about. Your correct. Wow. Buzz go.

1:13.2

The views, information and opinions expressed during the Dark Poutine podcast are solely those

1:18.4

of the producer and do not necessarily represent those of curious cast. It's affiliate global news

1:23.7

nor their parent company chorus and entertainment. Dark Poutine is not for the faint of hard-hard or

1:28.2

squeamish listener discretion is strongly advised. We're not experts on the topics we present nor

1:33.6

we journalists were two ordinary Canadians chatting about crime and the dark side of history.

1:38.8

Let's get to it. Put on your tooke. Grab yourself a double double end and an i-mobar. It's time to

1:45.1

scarf down some dark Poutine. You're hungry. He's very hungry. This is good Poutine, too.

2:15.2

In our last Remembrance Day episode, we covered the Great War, World War One, and many of its Canadian heroes.

2:34.8

In this year's episode, we want to remind Canadians about one of the darkest moments of the

2:40.1

Second World War for our country. Over two days, just after D-Day on June 7th and 8th, 1944,

2:48.3

18 Canadian POWs were murdered by members of the fanatical Nazis in the 12th SS Panzer Division

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