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    Centre de la Mémoire d'Oradour sur Glane

    Centre de la Mémoire d'Oradour sur Glane

    5.0(8 reviews)
    6.9 km

    Many Americans have probably never heard of Oradour sur Glane or the "Martyred Village." They…read moreshould. It is sobering, and while I have seen most of France from living there and my numerous visits, this place has stayed with me like no other. It's an important reminder that not too many years ago, in still Nazi occupied France, on June 10, 1944, to be exact, the Nazi's brought death and destruction to some 642 inhabitants, men, women and children living in an idyllic, small French village. The women and children were locked inside the church whilst the Nazi's looted the town. The men were led and lined up within barns and were machine gunned down, as told from a survivor, they aimed for mens' legs and then the Nazi's then burned the barns down along with the men. Six men managed to escape. After the massacre of the men, the Nazi's lit the church on fire where they had earlier rounded up the women and children, murdering all but one woman who managed to escape. Following the massacre, the Germans returned to complete their destruction of the village and it stands today, they way it did some 71 years ago. General Charles De Gaulle is the force behind the idea to leave the village as it was. It was he who wanted the village to stand today as it did post-massacere as a memorial to the fallen. In 1999, President Jaques Chirac dedicated the formal memorial. When you visit, walk through the streets of the burned out village. You will see the charred reminders inside the remainders of the homes of the families whose home were burned and their lives snuffed out; rusty bed frames, old stoves, teapots, etc. Please take the time to visit he official yet small memorial where you can silently weep over an exhibit of personal items gathered from the victims such as soot covered and melted timepieces and lockets. You'll notice the timepieces all stop at roughly the same time... I challenge you to leave with dry eyes. 2015 - Review # 100 Addendum: what kind of messed-up person thinks this review is funny?

    A powerful museum and preserved village tell the story of French citizens rounded up and executed…read moreby the Nazi's in June 1944. Men, women, children, entire families gone; 642 people in total. Bodies were burned and buried to try to hide the crime. I didn't know this history but now that I've been there I won't forget.

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    cité martyre

    cité martyre

    5.0(5 reviews)
    7.4 km

    I've never even heard of the massacre, during the WWII, maybe on sometimes ago on TV, but it didn't…read morereally sink in. . . . when the Germans try to take over French. Visiting this country, visiting this village, this once quiet, small village somewhere in the south of France, visiting this memorial massacre site, MADE ME fully understand it all. There are books and movies made about this massacre, but it's not complete until you've been here. It's not complete until you've read the books, and there's a 2007 book that I recommend called Oradour-The Final Verdict: The Anatomy and Aftermath of a Massacre by Douglas W. Hawes. Oradour-sur-Glane is today called a "martyr village;" the ruins have been preserved as a symbol of German barbarity, according to the Official Publication. 642 innocent men, women and children were brutally murdered for no reason at all and the whole town was destroyed by Waffen-SS soldiers in Hitler's elite army.

    oradour-sur-glane village tristement célèbre pour avoir était détruit par les nazis et villageois…read moremassacrer. la visite du village et le parking sont gratuit. la visite du musée est payante. à voir si vous êtes dans la région et surtout ne pas oublier que la bêtise humaine n'a pas de limite. hélas de nos jours les massacres d'innocent continuent partout dans le monde. Oradour-sur-glane village sadly famous to have was destroyed by the Nazis and the villager to massacre. The visit of the village and the parking lot are free. The visit of the museum is paying. To see if you are in the region and especially not to forget that the human stupidity has no limit. Regrettably nowadays the massacres of innocent continue all around the world. Oradour-sur-glane Dorf traurig, das berühmt ist, um zu haben, war von den Nazis und dem Dorfbewohner zerstört, zu massakrieren. Der Besuch des Dorfes und der Parkplatz sind kostenlos. Der Besuch des Museums ist zahlend. Zu sehen, ob Sie in der Gegend sind und vor allem nicht zu vergessen, daß die Humandummheit keine Grenze hat. Leider heutzutage gehen die Massenmorde von Unschuldigem überall in der Welt weiter.

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