Espace mémoire du 31 mars 1944

The fate of Rouffignac changed on March 31 and April 2, 1944: in retaliation for the actions of the Maquis, the village was completely burned by Brehmer's Division, with the exception of the church and the three houses surrounding it; six victims, shot or died during deportation, paid with their lives for these tragic days. Following these events and by decision of General de Gaulle, the 1939/45 War Cross, with palms, was awarded to Rouffignac and presented on November 11, 1948 by General Duchet.
To commemorate the memory of this dramatic episode in the History of Rouffignac, and the abuses of the bloody week of the Brehmer Division in Périgord Noir, a “Memory Space” associated with the Tourist Office, was inaugurated on March 31, 2019 .