Note 1:
Oradour-sur-Glane is often spelled as, Oradour sur Glane (without the hyphens)
and is often referred to simply as Oradour (see
the Oradours of France).
Note 2: The 10th of June 1944 was also the date for other war crime killings by the
Waffen-SS in WWII (see the 10th of June as a date
in WWII history).
Note 3: There is an annual event in Oradour-sur-Glane to mark the anniversary
of the massacre (see
10th June
commemoration ceremony).
Note 4: All spelling and date formatting on this website follows the British
English conventions (see Dates, commonly
misspelled words & accents).
Note 5: The Favicon for this website,
displayed in the address bar of your web browser, shows a cross of Lorraine
superimposed on a standard French flag.
Note 6: This website includes information about a range of persons, places and
organisations involved in the events at Oradour-sur-Glane, such as:
a) French citizens who were present on the 10th of June 1944 and listed under
Dramatis Personae including, Robert Hébras, Mathieu
Borie, Clément Broussaudir, Jean-Marcel Darthout, Yvon Roby, Hubert Desourteaux, Jacques
Desourteaux, Jean Desourteaux, Roger Godfrin, the Pinède children, Pierre-Henri
Poutaraud, and Marguerite Rouffanche.
b) German forces personnel involved, were
those of the
members of the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd SS-Panzer Division Das Reich
and include:
Heinz Barth, Adolf Diekmann, Karl Gerlach, Otto Kahn, Helmut Kämpfe, Heinrich
Lammerding, Sylvester Stadler and Otto Weidinger.
c) Organisational information, such as, The Order of
Battle of Das Reich in June 1944 is shown, as is an example of the
SS rank structure and notes on
Hugo Sperrle, the Commander-in-Chief
West of the German armed forces and whose orders were used to justify the attack. In addition there are
notes on language and terms used during the
Nazi period.
d) As well as the various personnel listed above, there are basic
notes on: Len Cotton (an RAF man shot down over
France and sheltered in Oradour) and Georges Guingouin a commander of the French
Resistance whose capture of Kämpfe triggered the attack.
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