Picture Gallery
Oradour-sur-Glane 10th June 1944

The majority of the photographs of Oradour-sur-Glane and the related subjects on this page have been taken by myself, Michael Williams, starting in May 1998 and continuing every year thereafter. Oradour is a big subject and it seems that on every visit to France I find something more to add to the collection.

Souviens-Toi : Remember!
Notice at the entrance to the
ruins of the martyr village of
Oradour-sur-Glane

Virtual Tour of Oradour-sur-Glane

Recommended viewing list

       Memorials

       Six execution sites (for the men)

       Catholic Church (site of execution for the women and children)

       Cemetery

       The village

       The crypt

       Panoramic views of the village

 Original Oradour (up to 1953)

 New Oradour (post 1953)

 The 65th anniversary commemoration at Oradour

 The 68th anniversary commemoration at Oradour

 The 70th anniversary commemoration at Oradour

 Schiltigheim ( a suburb of Strasbourg in Alsace)

 Marsoulas (Martyr village 10 June 1944)

 Frayssinet-le-Gélat

 Peyrilhac

 Other relevant locations

 French Resistance memorials (involving Das Reich)

 The trial at Bordeaux in 1953

 Belchite (Spanish Civil War memorial town in Aragon province)

 Some of the SS personnel involved

 Other relevant personnel

 Higher definition pictures of various locations (larger file sizes)

 Virtual Tour of Oradour-sur-Glane
 

 Present day ruins (from 1953 on)

• Memorials
   
• Memorial to the dead in Oradour cemetery in 1998
   
• Memorial to the dead in Oradour cemetery in 2012
   
• Names of the victims: Aimond to Bichaud
   
• Names of the victims: Bichaud to Colombier
   
• Names of the victims: Compain to Devoyon
   
• Names of the victims: Doire to Hyvernaud
   
• Names of the victims: Hyvernaud to Laverine
   
• Names of the victims: Lavisse to Moreau
   
• Names of the victims: Moreau to Roby
   
• Names of the victims: Roby to Thomas
   
• Names of the victims: Tomasina to Vincent, plus Mosellans
   
• Names of the victims: Mosellans, Pupilles de l'assistance and Spaniards
   
• Names of the victims from Charly
   
• Names of the victims from Alsace
   
• Names of the victims of the Jewish faith
   
• Memorial to the teachers and schoolchildren
   
• Memorial to the Roumy family and Albert's fiancée
   
• Plaque blaming Lammerding for ordering the massacre
   
• Plaque showing where Pierre-Henri Poutaraud's body was found
   
• Souviens-Toi : Remember
   
• Silence
   
• Memorial to the visit of the Presidents
• Six execution sites (for the men)
   
• Laudy barn from which six men escaped alive
   
• Laudy barn (close-up of inscriptions at entrance)
   
• Rabbit hutches from which five men escaped alive
   
• Denis wine store (on the road to St. Junien)
   
• Denis wine store
   
• Bouchole barn
   
• Desourteaux garage
   
• Milord barn
   
• Beaulieu forge
   
• Beaulieu forge and petrol pump
   
• Beaulieu forge, petrol pump and Champ de Foire
• Catholic Church (site of execution for the women and children)
   
• Remember! Oradour-sur-Glane Church
   
• View of church taken in September 1944
   
• View of church of Oradour circa November 1944
   
• View of church from ruined house
   
• View of Catholic Church from Milord barn
   
• Outside view of church looking towards the door to St. Anne's chapel
   
• The memorial to the dead of W.W.I inside the church
   
• The memorial to the dead of W.W.1- looking towards the altar
   
• The Chapel of St Joseph and the WWI memorial
   
• Close-up of the altar
   
• The partially melted bells
   
• Window through which Madame Rouffanche jumped
   
• Showing church viewed at entrance to village from Limoges road
   
• The altar and windows
   
• View from altar towards entrance
   
• The confessional box in the church
   
• Close-up side view of the church entrance
• Cemetery
   
• The grave of Madame Rouffanche
   
• Close-up view of Madam Marguerite Rouffanche's grave
   
• View of the cemetery (looking north)
   
• View of the cemetery (looking east)
   
• Ossuary containing bone fragments of the victims

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• The village
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (from rear)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (from front)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (in the evening)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (interior)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux (from rear in B&W)
   
• An undamaged example of the Doctor's car (in the museum at Mulhouse)
   
• Comparison between the Doctor's car in 1998, 2010 and 2018 ... New 2019
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux showing restoration work
   
• The Doctor's car showing increasing signs of decay ... New 2019
   
• Entrance to the Champ de Foire and The car of Doctor Desourteaux
   
• Champ de Foire looking towards Rue Emile Desourteaux
   
• View from Maison Dupic down Rue Emile Desourteaux
   
• View from tram station down Rue Emile Desourteaux
   
• The Passenger Tram Station
   
• The Goods & Passenger Tram Station
   
• Rear view of the Goods and Passenger Tram Station
   
• The Post Office
   
• Memorial to Post Mistress
   
• Telephone kiosk
   
• Sewing machine in house
   
• Rue Emile Desourteaux looking towards the road to the cemetery
   
• Rue Emile Desourteaux (church out of sight to right)
   
• Rue Emile Desourteaux, another view (church out of sight to the right)
   
• The Poutaraud Garage on the Rue Emile Desourteaux
   
• The well that was found to contain bodies
   
• The water pump by the Denis wine store which housed nesting Great Tits
   
• The Bakery where cremated remains were found
   
• Lane leading from the Laudy barn to the cemetery (M. Poutaraud)
   
• Hotel Avril, where the three Pinède children hid
   
• Looking north from the Avril Hotel up the Rue Desourteaux
   
• The Lorraine refugees school
   
• View of church from the Lorraine refugees school
   
• The Masset Farm House
   
• View into Oradour from the road to the Masset Farm
   
• View into Oradour from the metal fence on the road to the Masset farm
   
• The Rue Emile Desourteaux and down the road to Peyrilhac with scaffolding
   
• The Rue Emile Desourteaux and down the road to Peyrilhac without any scaffolding
   
• Watermill near village entrance
   
• Oradour street view looking north
   
• Oradour street view looking north from bakery
   
• Old southern village entrance and "Souviens Toi : Remember!" notice
   
• Old southern village entrance and church
   
• Old northern village entrance and "Souviens Toi : Remember!" notice
   
• Old northern village entrance and first house
   
• Distant view of Oradour from where the SS paused
   
• Distant view of Oradour old and new village from close to where the SS paused
• The crypt
   
• View of the crypt from the cemetery
   
• View of the crypt with the memorial to the dead behind
   
• Interior view of the Crypt
   
• Salvador Dali type melting clock
   
• Large clock stopped at 4pm
   
• Pram showing grenade splinter and bullet holes
• Panoramic views of the village
   
• Panorama of the Champ de Foire from the cemetery road
   
• Panorama of the Rue Emile Desourteaux and the doctor's car
   
• Panorama of the Champ de Foire and the Doctor's car looking south)
   
• Panorama of the Champ de Foire and the Doctor's car looking north
   
• Panorama looking north from the Champ de Foire
   
• Panorama up and down the Rue Emile Desourteaux from the road to St Junien
   
• Panorama looking north up the Rue Emile Desourteaux from the road to St Junien
   
• Panorama of the memorial in the cemetery at Oradour-sur-Glane
   
• Panorama of ruined cars behind church
   
• Panorama including the church and the Rue Emile Desourteaux
   
• Panorama of the entrance to the road to Peyrilhac showing reconstruction work
   
• Panorama of the church and the Lorraine refugees school from the road to Peyrilhac
   
• Panorama of the inside of the church
   
• Panorama of the cemetery of Oradour-sur-Glane

 Original Oradour (up to 1953)

• The church
   
• Rue Emile Desourteaux
   
• Entrance to Oradour, from Limoges road with car
   
• Entrance to Oradour, from Limoges road with people
   
• Exit from Oradour on the St. Junien road
   
• Looking north from near the cemetery road
   
• The road to Peyrilhac circa November 1944
   
• View from the church roof in 1944
   
• Aerial view of both old and new Oradour
   
• Aerial view of old Oradour in ruins (in colour)
   
• Aerial view of old Oradour in ruins (in B&W)
   
• The Champ de Foire in 1945
   
• The Post Office in 1944
   
• The tram station from about 1930
   
• Roger Godfrin in 1945
   
• Roger Godfrin in 1953
   
• Roger Godfrin by memorial to teachers and schoolchildren
   
• Madame Rouffanche
   
• Some of the survivors of the massacre

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 New Oradour (post 1953)

• Oradour road signs on the D3 and C13
   
• Today Oradour is a Town
   
• The commemorative plaque for the new Centre de la Mémoire
   
• View from exit of the Centre de la Mémoire towards the new Oradour
   
• View from exit of the Centre de la Mémoire, showing the out-of-hours exit
   
• View across the Centre de la Mémoire towards Oradour new village
   
• View of entrance to the Centre
   
• View of notice at entrance to Centre banning dogs ... New 2019
   
• View of poster inside Centre showing "Dickmann" as leader of the SS
   
• Construction of the Centre in 1998
   
• The new Catholic Church of Oradour
   
• Statue of Saint Bernadette in the new church
   
• The new Catholic church under repair in 2017 and restored in 2018 ... New 2019
   
• Oradour Town Hall
   
• Hotel de la Glane (good place to stay)
   
• The bridge over the Glane at the southern end of the village
   
• The river Glane from the bridge
   
• The river Glane recreational area
   
• Aire de Repos at Oradour-sur-Glane in November 2004
   
• Aire de Repos at Oradour-sur-Glane in June 2009
   
• Aire de Repos at Oradour-sur-Glane with Borne, in June 2010

 The 65th anniversary commemoration at Oradour

• Dignitaries (including Robert Hébras) leaving the Town Hall
   
• The tributes laid in front of the main memorial at the cemetery
   
• The main tribute laying ceremony in the cemetery
   
• Part of the honour guard at the cemetery
   
• Floral tributes prior to being laid in front of the main memorial
   
• Honour guard at the Town Hall
   
• Veterans waiting to march to the school
   
• Tributes to the teachers and schoolchildren of Oradour
   
• Town Hall before ceremony began

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The 68th anniversary commemoration at Oradour

• The procession from the new church in Oradour to the Town Hall
   
• At the Town Hall
   
• At the School memorial
   
• Tribute at the School memorial
   
• Procession to the War memorials
   
• At the memorial to the dead of the World Wars
   
• Tribute at the memorial to the dead of the World Wars
   
• Procession along the Rue Emile Desourteaux towards the old church
   
• Procession passing the Doctor's car
   
• Procession entering the old church
   
• Tribute at the altar of the old church
   
• The minute's silence on the Champ de Foire en route to the cemetery
   
• Tribute at the grave of Madam Rouffanche
   
• The main memorial in the cemetery during laying of the tributes
   
• Robert Hébras at the main memorial after the tributes had been laid
   
• The tributes at the main memorial
   
• The main memorial after the end of the 68th anniversary ceremony

 The 70th anniversary commemoration at Oradour

• The interior of the church in Oradour new town
   
• Preparation of the Esplanade before the 10th
   
• Robert Hébras, one of the survivors of the massacre
   
• March through the new town of Oradour-sur-Glane
   
• March through the ruined village of Oradour-sur-Glane
   
• March through ruins near the church
   
• March going into the ruined church

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 The 70th anniversary commemoration at Oradour (continued)

• The colour party and guard of honour
   
• The inspection of the Colour Party
   
• Speech by the Mayor of Oradour Raymond Frugier
   
• Speech of the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls
   
• The tributes placed on the Crypt steps
   
• The Prime Minister Manuel Valls

 Other Oradours (Charly-Oradour in Lorraine)

• Memorial to the dead at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Godfrin Family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Lorrain family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Perette Henry family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Mathieu family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Dalstein Bertrand family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Gougeon family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Pister family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Haas family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Girard family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Lorich family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Renaudin family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Memorial to the Gaillot family at Charly-Oradour
   
• Charly-Oradour (looking towards the church)

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 Other Oradours (various Departments)

• Oradour (entrance) in Department 15 Cantal
   
• Oradour (from viewpoint) in Department 15 Cantal
   
• Oradour (entrance) in Department 16 Charente
   
• Oradour (memorial) in Department 16 Charente
   
• Oradour-Fanais (from the east)
   
• Oradour-Fanais (from the west)
   
• Oradour-Saint-Genest (from the north)
   
• Oradour-Saint-Genest (from the south)
   
• Oradour-sur-Vayres church
   
• View looking into Oradour-sur-Vayres
   
• Main road of Oradour-sur-Vayres
   
• Resistance memorial in Oradour-sur-Vayres
   
• The house of Léon Roche in Oradour-sur-Vayres

 Schiltigheim (a suburb of Strasbourg in Alsace)

• List of names of those from Schiltigheim in Alsace
   
• A view of all the memorials in Schiltigheim from the front
   
• A view of all the memorials in Schiltigheim from the rear

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 Marsoulas (Martyr village 10 June 1944)

• The entrance to the village
   
• The main memorial
   
• Close-up of the main memorial
   
• A family memorial
   
• The Barbe twins
   
• Ordre de la Liberation

• View looking towards the church
   
• Memorial to those killed
   
• Main memorial to those killed

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 Peyrilhac

• Peyrilhac Town Hall
   
• Peyrilhac Town Hall and bakery
   
• Peyrilhac church

 Other relevant locations

• Grave of Adolf Diekmann
   
• Grave of Otto Kahn
   
• Grave of Helmut Kämpfe
   
• Grave of Sylvester Stadler
   
• Grave of Otto Weidinger
   
• German Military Cemetery at La Cambe (Diekmann)
   
• Outside German Military Cemetery at La Cambe (Diekmann)
   
• German Military Cemetery at Berneuil (Kämpfe)
   
• Memorial to the kidnapping of Kämpfe on the N141
   
• Close-up view of the Kämpfe kidnapping memorial inscription
   
• The Junkerschule Bad Tölz circa 1940
   
• The Junkerschule Bad Tölz June 2004
   
• Quartier des Martyrs in Tulle
   
• The armaments factory courtyard at Tulle
   
• Looking towards the arms factory in Tulle
   
• Drawing of the executions in Tulle
   
• Execution sites in Tulle
   
• Martyrs Cemetery in Tulle
   
• Memorial to members of the FTP killed by the Milice in Brittany
   
• View of La Plaine hamlet
   
• The Hotel de la Gare in St. Junien
   
• Memorial to the war dead of nations (Bad Doberan Münster)

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 French Resistance memorials (involving Das Reich)

• Memorial at Groléjac
   
• Bridge at Groléjac
   
• Memorial at Carsac
   
• Memorial at Rouffillac
   
• Memorial plaque at Rouffillac
   
• Memorial at Souillac
   
• Memorial at Cressensac
   
• Church spire at Cressensac
   
• Memorial at Noailles
   
• Memorial at Uzerche
   
• Memorial at Gabaudet with plaque
   
• Memorial at Gabaudet
   
• Plaque at Gabaudet
   
• Memorial and bridge at Bretenoux
   
• Memorial at Bretenoux
   
• Memorial at Beaulieu
   
• Bridge at Beaulieu
   
• Memorial to the shooting of local men on the N141

 The trial at Bordeaux in 1953

• Some of the accused at their trial in Bordeaux 1953
   
• Karl Lenz
   
• Karl Lenz's hands
   
• Georg René Boos
   
• Georg René Boos and the baking container
   
• Judge Marcel Nussy Saint-Saëns
   
• Paule Tessaud and her mother
   
• Madam Rouffanche giving evidence
   
• Madam Rouffanche in tears
   
• The Tribunal examining a machine gun
   
• The Court building at Bordeaux in 2010

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 Belchite (Spanish Civil War memorial town in Aragon province)

• Inside Saint Martin's church
   
• Saint Martin's church and Monastery from the south
   
• Main road looking north
   
• North entrance to town
   
• Saint Agustin's church
   
• General view of the ruins

 Some of the SS personnel involved

 Heinz Barth (various pictures)

Adolf Rudolf Reinhold Diekmann (as a Hauptsturmführer)

 Diekmann (as a Funker circa 1936)

 Diekmann from his Resume of 1942 (as a Hauptsturmführer)

 Otto Erich Kahn (as a Hauptsturmführer?) ... New 2019

 Helmut Kämpfe (as a Sturmbannführer)

 Heinrich Lammerding (as a Brigadeführer)

 Sylvester Stadler (as a Sturmbannführer)

 Sylvester Stadler (as an Obersturmbannführer)

 Otto Weidinger (as a Sturmbannführer)

 Otto Weidinger (as an Obersturmbannführer) 
 

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 Other relevant personnel

• Len Cotton, an RAF man who was sheltered in Oradour in 1943
   
• Georges Guingouin, commander of the Limoges area FTP resistance fighters
   
• Hugo Sperrle the German Commander-in-Chief West
   
• Hugo Sperrle during his War Crimes Trial

 Higher definition pictures of various locations (larger file sizes)

• Souviens - Toi : Remember ... (2255Kb)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux from the rear ... (2168Kb)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux from the front ... ( 2249Kb)
   
• The car of Doctor Desourteaux head on ... (1976Kb)
   
• The interior of the Doctor's car ... (1821Kb)

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 Higher definition panoramic views of various locations (larger files sizes)

• The Champ de Foire and the Doctor's car in a panoramic view looking south ... (989Kb)
   
• The Champ de Foire and the Doctor's car in a panoramic view looking north ... (1427Kb)
   
• The church and the rue Emile Desourteaux in a panoramic view ... (1576Kb)
   
• The Rue Emile Desourteaux and the doctor's car in a panoramic view ... (883Kb)
   
• View north up the Rue Emile Desourteaux from the road to St Junien  ... (744Kb)
   
• Panorama of the inside of the church (360 degree view) ... (3640Kb)
   
• Panorama of the cemetery of Oradour-sur-Glane (360 degree view) ... (3213Kb)