Place
Bavay. No way of knowing today which building the Germans used to imprison their captives.
People
All real.
Fact and Fiction
The bit of broken stone from the church may be from my imagination but the removal of the church bells is not. Slight echoes of the log lady in Twin Peaks in Roland hanging on to his weapon! It happened. We just don't know exactly how.
I was honoured to meet the grand-daughter of Mme Gautier in Bavay.