Baugnez

Baugnez was an area in the Ardennes region of Belgium.

During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, German forces of the 1st SS Panzer Division under SS-Standartenführer Jochen Peiper and Major Poetchke rounded up their American prisoners of war at Baugnez crossroads, including Red Cross medical personnel. Poetchke had them all shot and killed. (PROSE: Autumn Mist)