In revenge for the execution two days earlier ofFrench Resistance memberSamuel Tyszelman, communist activistPierre Georges (with Tyszleman's brother and two others) shoots and kills German naval cadet Alfons Moser at theBarbès – Rochechouart Paris Métro station, the first killing of a member of the German military in occupied Paris, initiating a cycle of assassinations and retribution that will claim hundreds of lives.[1]
22 August - German Occupation Authority announces that anyone found either working for or aiding theFree French will be sentenced to death.