This website describes the history, background and events leading up to the Nazi war-crime of the attack upon the martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane. This atrocity was carried out on Saturday 10th June 1944 by soldiers of the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich. On that day, without giving any explanation, they killed a total of 642 men, women and children, leaving only a few survivors. They then destroyed the entire village and to this day there is no universally accepted explanation for the massacre. The narrative, In a Ruined State, gives a full description of what happened on the 10th June 1944 and reviews all the current explanations offered by different authors for the attack on the village. In addition there are over 200 photographs in the Picture Gallery and much supporting information in the Appendices, including advice on how to get there and places to stay during a visit. If short of time, read the Summary and browse the Picture Gallery, but for a fuller understanding it is recommended to read all of, In a Ruined State and the Appendices, as they contain much relevant detail about the background to the affair and what happened afterwards to all those involved. Note 1: In the literature, Oradour-sur-Glane is often spelled as, Oradour sur Glane (without the hyphens) and is frequently referred to simply as, Oradour, see the Oradours of France. Note 2: The 10th of June 1944 was also the date for other war-crime killings by the Waffen-SS in WWII, see the 10th of June as a date in WWII history. Note 3: There is an annual event in Oradour-sur-Glane to mark the anniversary of the massacre, see 10th June commemoration ceremony. Note 4: All spelling and date formatting on this website follows the British English conventions, see Dates, commonly misspelled words & accents. Note 5: The Favicon for this website, which should be displayed in the address bar of your web browser, shows a cross of Lorraine superimposed on a standard French flag. Note 6: This website includes information about a range of persons, places and organisations involved in the events at Oradour-sur-Glane, such as: ........................................ a) French citizens who were present on the 10th of June 1944 and listed under Dramatis Personae including, Robert Hébras, Mathieu Borie, Clément Broussaudir, Jean-Marcel Darthout, Yvon Roby, Hubert Desourteaux, Jacques Desourteaux, Jean Desourteaux, Roger Godfrin, the Pinède children, Pierre-Henri Poutaraud, and Marguerite Rouffanche. b) German forces personnel involved, were those of the members of the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd SS-Panzer Division Das Reich and include: Georg René Boos, Heinz Barth, Adolf Diekmann, Karl Gerlach, Otto Kahn, Helmut Kämpfe, Heinrich Lammerding, Sylvester Stadler and Otto Weidinger. c) Organisational information, such as, The Order of Battle of Das Reich in June 1944 is shown, as is an example of the SS rank structure and notes on Hugo Sperrle, the Commander-in-Chief West of the German armed forces and whose orders were used to justify the attack. In addition there are notes on language and terms used during the Nazi period. d) As well as the various personnel listed above, there are basic notes on: Len Cotton (an RAF man shot down over France and sheltered in Oradour) and Georges Guingouin a commander of the French Resistance whose capture of Kämpfe triggered the attack. Note 7: All unvisited links are shown in Blue and change colour to Purple when visited. Note 8: Site optimised for a 1280 x 1024 screen, with text size set to Medium in the View menu of Internet Explorer. Note 9: There are no cookies or spyware of any kind at all on this website. Note 10: Please report any broken links, or errors of any kind to: michael@oradour.info
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