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Notice at the entrances to
Oradour-sur-Glane ruins
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This website describes the background and events leading up to the
destruction of the small town of Oradour-sur-Glane in the
Haute-Vienne Department of France, on Saturday the 10th of June
1944. The attack was carried out by soldiers of the Der Führer
Regiment of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich. On that day
they killed a total of 642 men, women and children without giving
any reasons for their actions and to this day there is no
universally accepted explanation for the massacre. The narrative
In a Ruined State gives a full description of what happened on
the 10th June and reviews all the current explanations offered by
different authors for the event. In addition there are over 190
photographs in the Picture Gallery and much supporting data in the
Appendices, including advice on how to get there and places to stay
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Contact the author Michael Williams at ... michael@oradour.info (I shall be away between 10 May and 20 July 2008, so any emails will be subject to delay in reply)
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| Oradour Church
(main site for the massacre of the women and children) |
Memorial
in Oradour cemetery to the
642 named victims of the massacre |
The car of Doctor
Desourteaux on the Champ de Foire in Oradour |
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Note 1: Oradour-sur-Glane is also sometimes
spelled as, Oradour sur Glane (without the hyphens) and is often referred to
simply as, Oradour: see
The Oradours of France. Note 2: All spelling and date formatting on this website follows the British English conventions: see Dates, commonly misspelled words & accents The Favourites Icon, favicon, shows the cross of Lorraine superimposed on a standard French flag, which during WWII was the flag of the Free French under Charles de Gaulle. Site optimised for 1024 x 768 screen, with text size set to Medium in the View menu of Internet Explorer. Please report any broken links or errors of any kind on this website to: michael@oradour.info This page last revised on: Friday, 25 April 2008. © Michael Williams ... 10th March 2000 (see Additions and Updates for all changes since 10th March 2000) |