What is the name of that French town?
Apr 8th, 2004, 07:12 AM
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What is the name of that French town?
Hi
There was a town somewhere in Northern France, destroyed by the Nazis in ww2 killing the civilians similar situation to Lidice in CZ and has now been left as a monument.
Can someone please remind me of the name of this place.
I planned to go there the last time I was in
France but never did.
I am going back in a few months and would like to try again.
Thanks
Cheers
Muck
There was a town somewhere in Northern France, destroyed by the Nazis in ww2 killing the civilians similar situation to Lidice in CZ and has now been left as a monument.
Can someone please remind me of the name of this place.
I planned to go there the last time I was in
France but never did.
I am going back in a few months and would like to try again.
Thanks
Cheers
Muck
Apr 8th, 2004, 08:45 AM
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For those of you who are not aware of this village , here's the background. The url may lead you to another to click.
www.herodote.net
www.herodote.net
Apr 8th, 2004, 09:35 AM
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Alternatively (and in English!) try:
http://www.oradour.info/
You may find this excellent site better - it is very very comprehensive with a lot of detail on the subsequent trial of those held accountable and also the pardon granted to those 'French' individuals who were a part of the attrocity. I use the inverted commas as they were from Alsace & Lorraine - from 1870(?) to 1918 a part of Germany and had been forcibly pressed into the Wehrmark.
The ramifications of the trial and pardon still rumble down through France today and understanding this will help the visitor fully appreciate the village as it now is - with the Centre de la Memoire at one entrance to the ruins and the original (1950's) mausoleum at the entrance to the village graveyard.
It's a fascinating and horrifying story which touches us down through the decades with a dozen resonnances. I urge everyone to visit Oradour-sur-Glane should the opportunity present itself.
Dr D.
http://www.oradour.info/
You may find this excellent site better - it is very very comprehensive with a lot of detail on the subsequent trial of those held accountable and also the pardon granted to those 'French' individuals who were a part of the attrocity. I use the inverted commas as they were from Alsace & Lorraine - from 1870(?) to 1918 a part of Germany and had been forcibly pressed into the Wehrmark.
The ramifications of the trial and pardon still rumble down through France today and understanding this will help the visitor fully appreciate the village as it now is - with the Centre de la Memoire at one entrance to the ruins and the original (1950's) mausoleum at the entrance to the village graveyard.
It's a fascinating and horrifying story which touches us down through the decades with a dozen resonnances. I urge everyone to visit Oradour-sur-Glane should the opportunity present itself.
Dr D.
Apr 8th, 2004, 01:54 PM
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Many thanks to you both,
I have spent the last few hours reading this horrific story once again.
It is slightly further south than I imagined, but I will try to visit this
place this summer.
I live in wonder how these things could ever be allowed to happen.
Thank you
Muck
I have spent the last few hours reading this horrific story once again.
It is slightly further south than I imagined, but I will try to visit this
place this summer.
I live in wonder how these things could ever be allowed to happen.
Thank you
Muck
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