Picture Gallery
for Oradour-sur-Glane 10th June 1944

Present day ruins

• Memorials
• Memorial to the dead in Oradour cemetery: 1 ... (55Kb)
• Memorial to the dead in Oradour cemetery: 2 ... (69Kb)
• Souviens-Toi : Remember ... (124Kb)
• Names of the victims: Aimond to Bichaud ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Bichaud to Colombier ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Compain to Devoyon ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Doire to Hyvernaud ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Hyvernaud to Laverine ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Lavisse to Moreau ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Moreau to Roby ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Roby to Thomas  ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Tomasina to Vincent, plus Mosellans ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims: Mosellans, Pupilles de l'assistance and Spaniards ... (105Kb)
• Names of the victims from Charly ... (91Kb)
• Names of the victims from Alsace ... (132Kb)
• Plaque blaming Lammerding for ordering the massacre ... (114Kb)
• Plaque showing where Pierre-Henri Poutaraud's body was found ... (156Kb)
• Memorial to the Roumy family and Albert's fiancée ... (127Kb)
• Six execution sites (for the men)
• Laudy barn from which 6 men escaped alive ... (99Kb)
• Laudy barn (close-up of inscriptions at entrance) ... (153Kb)
• Denis wine store (on the road to St. Junien) ... (88Kb)
• Denis wine store ... (126Kb)
• Bouchole barn ... (171Kb)
• Desourteaux garage ... (137Kb)
• Milord barn ... (149Kb)
• Beaulieu forge ... (142Kb)
• Beaulieu forge and petrol pump) ... (130Kb)
• Church (site of execution for the women and children)
• Side view of church showing entrance ... (60Kb)
• View of church taken in September 1944 ... (95Kb)
• View of church of Oradour circa November 1944 ... (65Kb)
• View of church from ruined house ... (70Kb)
• View of church from Milord barn ... (72Kb)
• Outside view of church looking towards sacristy door ... (82Kb)
• The memorial to the dead of W.W.I inside the church ... (85Kb)
• The memorial to the dead of W.W.I - looking towards the altar ... (56Kb)
• The W.W.I memorial and the window through which shots were fired ... (72Kb)
• Close-up of the altar ... (58Kb)
• The partially melted bells ... (87Kb)
• Window through which Madame Rouffanche jumped ... (55Kb)
• Showing church viewed at entrance to town from Limoges road ... (116Kb)
• The altar and windows ... (37Kb)
• View from altar towards entrance ... (37Kb)
• The confessional box in the church ... (52Kb)
• Close-up side view of the church entrance ... (95Kb)
• Cemetery
• The grave of Madame Rouffanche ... (80Kb)
• Close-up view of Madam Marguerite Rouffanche's grave ... (135Kb)
• View of the cemetery (looking north) ... (86Kb)
• View of the cemetery (looking east) ... (105Kb)
• Ossuary containing bone fragments of the victims ... (142Kb)
• The town
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (from rear) ... (88Kb)
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (from front) ... (104Kb)
• Entrance to the Champ de Foire and The car of Doctor Desourteaux ... (48Kb)
• Champ de Foire looking towards Rue Emile Desourteaux ... (79Kb)
• View from Maison Dupic down Rue Emile Desourteaux ... (165Kb)
• View from tram station down Rue Emile Desourteaux ... (62Kb)
• The Passenger Tram Station ... (109Kb)
• The Goods & Passenger Tram Station ... (138Kb)
• Rear view of the Goods and Passenger Tram Station ... (60Kb)
• The Post Office ... (96Kb)
• Memorial to Post Mistress ... (124Kb)
• The Post Office in 1944 ... (81Kb)
• Sewing machine in house ... (115Kb)
• Rue Emile Desourteaux looking towards the road to the cemetery ... (41Kb)
• Rue Emile Desourteaux looking towards the church ... (64KB)
• Rue Emile Desourteaux (church out of sight to right) ... (79Kb)
• The well that was found to contain bodies ... (70Kb)
• The Bakery where cremated remains were found ... (131Kb)
• Lane leading from the Laudy barn to the cemetery (M. Poutaraud) ... (157Kb)
• Hotel Avril, where the 3 Pinède children hid ... (92Kb)
• Looking north from the Avril Hotel up the Rue Desourteaux ... (72Kb)
• The road to Peyrilhac circa November 1944 ... (88Kb)
• The Lorraine refugees school ... (81Kb)
• Aerial view of both old and new Oradour ... (107Kb)
• Aerial view of old Oradour  ... (101Kb)
• Watermill near town entrance ... (120Kb)
• Oradour street view looking north ... (100Kb)
• Oradour street view looking north from bakery ... (101Kb)
• Old southern town entrance and "Souviens Toi" notice ... (93Kb)
• Old southern town entrance and church ... (95Kb)
• Old northern town entrance and "Souviens Toi" notice ... (115Kb)
• Old northern town entrance and first house ... (127Kb)
• Distant view of Oradour from where the SS paused ... (86Kb) ... New 2008
• Distant view of Oradour old and new town from close to where the SS paused ... (82Kb) ... New 2008
• The crypt
• View of the crypt from the cemetery ... (57Kb)
• View of the crypt with the memorial to the dead behind ... (109Kb)
• Salvador Dali type melting clock ... (117Kb)
• Large clock stopped at 4pm ... (113Kb)
• Pram showing grenade splinter and bullet holes ... (115Kb)

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Original Oradour

• The church ... (70Kb)
• Rue Emile Desourteaux ... (82Kb)
• Entrance to Oradour, from Limoges road ... (104Kb)
• Entrance to Oradour, from Limoges road ... (62Kb)
• Exit from Oradour on the St. Junien road ... (53Kb)
• The Champ de Foire in 1945 ... (61Kb)
• The tram station from about 1930 ... (78Kb)
• Roger Godfrin ... (65Kb)
• Madame Rouffanche ... 20Kb)
• Some of the survivors of the massacre ... (66Kb)

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New Oradour

• Oradour town sign on the D3 ... (152Kb) ... (New in 2008)
• The commemorative plaque for the new Centre de la Mémoire ... (119Kb)
• View from exit of the Centre de la Mémoire towards new Oradour ... (74Kb)
• View across the Centre de la Mémoire towards Oradour new town ... (68Kb)
• View of entrance to the Centre ...(65Kb)
• View of poster inside Centre showing, "Dickmann" as leader of the SS ... (75Kb)
• Construction of the Centre in 1998 ... (62Kb)
• The new church ... (67Kb)
• Statue of Saint Bernadette in the new church ... 53Kb)
• Town Hall ... (70Kb)
• Hotel de la Glane (good place to stay) ... (68Kb)
• Aire de Repos (for Camping Cars and Caravans) ... (61Kb)

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Other Oradours

• Memorial to the dead at Charly-Oradour ... (35Kb)
• Memorial to the Godfrin Family at Charly-Oradour ... (94Kb)
• Charly Oradour (looking towards the church) ... (83Kb)
• Oradour (entrance) in Department 15 Cantal ... (131Kb)
• Oradour (from viewpoint) in Department 15 Cantal ... (117Kb)
• Oradour (entrance) in Department 16 Charente ... (81Kb)
• Oradour (memorial) in Department 16 Charente ... (69Kb)
• Oradour-Fanais (from the east) ... (78Kb)
• Oradour-Fanais (from the west) ... (52Kb)
• Oradour-Saint-Genest (from the north) ... (54Kb)
• Oradour-Saint-Genest (from the south) ... (73Kb)
• Oradour-sur-Vayres church ... (61Kb)
• View looking into Oradour-sur-Vayres ... (45Kb)
• Main road of Oradour-sur-Vayres ... (37Kb)
• Resistance memorial in Oradour-sur-Vayres ... (106Kb)
• The house of Léon Roche in Oradour-sur-Vayres ... (105Kb)

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Marsoulas (Martyr village 10 June 1944)

• The entrance to the village ... (81Kb)
• The main memorial ... (104Kb)
• Close-up of the main memorial ... (84Kb)
• A family memorial ... (117Kb)
• The Barbe twins ... (107Kb)
• Ordre de la Liberation ... (114 Kb)

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Frayssinet-le-Gélat

• View looking towards the church ... (84Kb)
• Memorial to those killed ... (116Kb)
• Main memorial to those killed ... (128Kb)

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Peyrilhac

• Peyrilhac Town Hall ... (64Kb)
• Peyrilhac Town Hall and bakery ... (64Kb)
• Peyrilhac church ... (77Kb)

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Belchite (Civil War memorial town in Aragon province, Spain)

• Inside Saint Martin's church ... (68kb)
• St. Martin's church and Monastery from the south ... (55kb)
• Main road looking north ... (57kb)
• North entrance to town ... (59kb)
• St. Agustin's church ... (58kb)
• General view of the ruins ... (95kb)

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Other relevant locations

• Grave of Adolf Diekmann ... (95Kb)
• German Military Cemetery at La Cambe (Diekmann) ... (45Kb)
• Outside German Military Cemetery at La Cambe (Diekmann) ... (46Kb)
• Grave of Helmut Kämpfe ... (88Kb)
• German Military Cemetery at Berneuil (Kämpfe) ... (77Kb)
• Grave of Otto Kahn ... (154Kb)
• The Junkerschule Bad Tölz circa 1940 ... (66Kb)
• The Junkerschule Bad Tölz June 2004 ... (68Kb)
• Quartier des Martyrs in Tulle ... (86Kb)
• The armaments factory courtyard at Tulle ... (68Kb)
• Looking towards the arms factory in Tulle ... (73Kb)
• Execution sites in Tulle ... (37Kb)
• Martyrs Cemetery in Tulle ... (68Kb)
• Memorial to members of the FTP killed by the Milice in Brittany ... (65Kb)
• View of La Plaine hamlet ... (57Kb)

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French Resistance memorials (involving Das Reich)

• Memorial at Groléjac ... (55Kb)
• Bridge at Groléjac ... (36Kb)
• Memorial at Carsac ... (77Kb)
• Memorial at Rouffilac ... (16Kb)
• Memorial at Souillac ... (39Kb)
• Memorial at Cressensac ... (57Kb)
• Church spire at Cressensac ... (61Kb)
• Memorial at Noailles ... (78Kb)
• Memorial at Uzerche ... (36Kb)
• Memorial at Gabaudet ... (181Kb)
• Memorial at Gabaudet ... (150Kb)
• Plaque at Gabaudet ... (187Kb)
• Memorial and bridge at Bretenoux ... (59Kb)
• Memorial at Bretenoux ... (62Kb)
• Memorial at Beaulieu ... (40Kb)
• Bridge at Beaulieu ... (47Kb)
• Memorial to the kidnapping of Kämpfe on the N141 ... (118Kb)
• Close-up view of the kidnapping memorial inscription ... (132Kb)
• Memorial to the shooting of local men on the N141 ... (99Kb)

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Some of the SS personnel involved

• Adolf Rudolf Reinhold Diekmann as a Hauptsturmführer ... (61Kb)
• Diekmann as a Funker (circa 1936) ... (39Kb)
• Diekmann from his Resume of 1942 (as a Hauptsturmführer) ... (62Kb)  
• Helmut Kämpfe as a Sturmbannführer ... (83Kb)
• Heinz Barth (various pictures) ... (55Kb)
• Heinz Lammerding as a Brigadeführer ... (28Kb)
• Otto Weidinger as an Obersturmbannführer ... (55Kb)
• Some of the accused at their trial in Bordeaux 1953 ... (91Kb)
• Sylvester Stadler as a Sturmbannführer ... (27Kb)
• Sylvester Stadler as an Obersturmbannführer ... (23Kb)

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Other relevant personnel

• Len Cotton, an RAF man who was sheltered in Oradour in 1943 ... (101Kb)
• Georges Guingouin, commander of the Limoges area FTP resistance fighters ... (48Kb)

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© Michael Williams: revised 01 March 2008.