What happened to the Panier district during the German occupation of Marseille?

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View of the old port of Marseille, France, with numerous boats docked in the harbor and the city's terracotta-roofed buildings rising up a hill, topped by the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica. — Marseille Seaside view of the Old Port of Marseille, France.

During the German occupation of Marseille in World War II, the Panier district suffered significant destruction. In 1943, the German army made the decision to dynamite the district, along with the Old Port, largely as a response to the area serving as an active center for the French Resistance movement.1