Laurent Touyeras

Captain Laurent Touyeras (November 10, 1910 in Sainte-Sigolène, Haute-Loire – August 14, 1980 in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées) was a French artillery captain in the Maginot Line during the Second World War.

He was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940. Later he was in General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division. There are claims that on 5 May 1945, he was the first to arrive at Hitler's Berghof in the Obersalzberg and accepted the surrender of its guards. Touyeras hoisted the French flag over Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" (Kehlsteinhaus).