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Oradour sur Glane, The Village of Martyrs.

On 10 June 1944, the idylic French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was completely destroyed and 642 innocent men, women and children were massacred by soldiers in Hitler's elite Waffen-SS army. The ruins of the martyred village have been preserved as a reminder of German barbarity.
Entrance to the village and exhibition
Entrance to the village and exhibition		 Oradour Sur Glane
Oradour Sur Glane		 t6%2f27%2f725027%2f4%2f82701877.awtHpLcg.jpg
Rue Emile Desourteaux
Rue Emile Desourteaux		 Rue Emile Desourteaux
Rue Emile Desourteaux		 Hotel Avril
Hotel Avril
Petrol Pump
Petrol Pump		 Citroen
Citroen		 Boulangerie
Boulangerie
View down Rue Les Bordes
View down Rue Les Bordes		 Same place, different time, different angle
Same place, different time, different angle		 Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane		 Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane		 Rust in Peace
Rust in Peace
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane		 Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane		 Church Before
Church Before
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane
Eglise D'Oradour sur Glane		 t6%2f27%2f725027%2f4%2f82707852.nGiIgsqB.jpg Bouchoule Barn
Bouchoule Barn
Rue Les Bordes, Oradour sur Glane
Rue Les Bordes, Oradour sur Glane		 Rue Les Bordes, Oradour sur Glane
Rue Les Bordes, Oradour sur Glane		 Rue de Emile Desourteaux, Oradour Sur Glane
Rue de Emile Desourteaux, Oradour Sur Glane
Rue de Emile Desourteaux, Oradour Sur Glane
Rue de Emile Desourteaux, Oradour Sur Glane		 Oradour Sur Glane
Oradour Sur Glane		 Melted Toys
Melted Toys
t6%2f27%2f725027%2f4%2f82751938.Pynsx2jl.jpg t6%2f27%2f725027%2f4%2f82751940.UR7tgjYt.jpg Bullet riddled pram
Bullet riddled pram
Place du Champ de Foire (The Fairgrounds)
Place du Champ de Foire (The Fairgrounds)		 The Peugeot 202 belonging to Dr Desourteux
The Peugeot 202 belonging to Dr Desourteux		 Peugeot 202
Peugeot 202
The Peugeot 202 belonging to Dr Desourteux
The Peugeot 202 belonging to Dr Desourteux		 The Tram Station
The Tram Station		 Post Office from the Tram Station
Post Office from the Tram Station
Post Office
Post Office		 t6%2f27%2f725027%2f4%2f82754026.PyaJ7J0f.jpg t6%2f27%2f725027%2f4%2f82757836.f3cUIyOp.jpg
The Dupic House
The Dupic House		 La Poste
La Poste		 Hotel Avril
Hotel Avril
Corpses
Corpses		 Rue de Emile Desourteaux, Oradour Sur Glane 1932
Rue de Emile Desourteaux, Oradour Sur Glane 1932		 Diekmann
Diekmann
Survivors Search
Survivors Search		 Madame Rouffanche
Madame Rouffanche		 Oradour Map
Oradour Map

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Chris(tine) PM reply 04-Feb-2012 16:33
After five visits with different friends I decided I couldn't walk around Oradour again. It has stayed with me ever since - a place of such desecration and desolation. You capture the essence of the place.
settler PM reply 16-Jan-2009 12:07
I agree with Roland except that BECAUSE it will never stop we MUST keep these reminders...BV!!
Roland PM reply 20-Mar-2008 02:09
You have presented well an historical period of horror, and although it's good to remember
mans inhumanity to his fellow man, unfortunately it will never stop.
Guest PM reply 28-Feb-2008 23:47
What a sad story, you seem to have captured the desolation of the place. Thanks for sharing your pics. GMV
longbachnguyen PM reply 11-Nov-2007 08:33
My wife and I visited this place in 2005 and founded extremely sad to see so many were killed. It was a very strange to walk around a village that hadn't changed since 1944. Wonderfully done with your gallery on this subject.
Guest PM reply 29-Aug-2007 10:34
Thought provoking gallery and a very sad story, thank you for sharing this Stephen.
Guest PM reply 09-Aug-2007 07:35
Very interesting and moving gallery.
Marwan Habib PM reply 27-Jul-2007 19:59
A moving gallery.
Thank you for sharing this.
Mike Conroy Jnr PM reply 27-Jul-2007 17:41
Very powerful gallery - sad and moving.
Ya wonder what it is that makes mankind so cruel at times.
Thanks for puttin this up, Stephen.

Mike
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