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Data for Oradour-sur-Glane
Data for the SS
Data for various Das Reich personnel from their SS records

Heinz Barth
Adolf Diekmann
Karl Gerlach
Otto Kahn
Helmut Kämpfe
Heinz Lammerding
Sylvester Stadler
Otto Weidinger
PoW Interrogation transcripts

General data
Miscellaneous data relating to WWII

   Bibliography

Books and videos covering Oradour
Books and videos on the Second World War and SS
Newspaper sources for the trial at Bordeaux in 1953
Books on the Vichy State
Books on the war in the East
Papers from the Public Record Office at Kew

   Frequently asked questions (FAQ's)

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   How to get there and places to stay

General (including Tourist Office)
The Centre de la Mémoire
Hotels and other places to stay in the area
Parking for Cars, Motorhomes and Caravans in the area
Currency (the euro)
10th June commemoration ceremony

   Introduction

   In a Ruined State

Chapter 1 In the Beginning

Historical review
The days before 10 June 1944

Chapter 2 10 June 1944

Introduction
Saturday 10th June 1944
Sunday 11th June 1944
Monday 12th June to Thursday 29th June 1944

Chapter 3 The Lost Boys

Introduction
Beginnings
Barth
Diekmann
Gerlach
Kahn
Kämpfe
Lammerding
Stadler
Weidinger
Footnote

Chapter 4 A House divided

Vichy
Resistance

Chapter 5 The trial at Bordeaux 1953

Introduction
The Accused
The Trial, day by day
The Verdicts
The immediate aftermath
Much later

   
   In a Ruined State (continued)

Chapter 6 Background to the 10th of June

Introduction
Background
Tuesday 6th June 1944 "D-Day"
Wednesday 7th June 1944
Thursday 8th June 1944
Friday 9th June 1944
Saturday 10th June 1944
Sunday 11th to Thursday 29th June 1944
Later

Chapter 7 An Explanation for the Massacre

Introduction
Background
An Explanation
Summary
Other Explanations
Footnote

Chapter 8 Conclusions and salient points

Postscript

   Latest News 

   Links to other sites relating to Oradour-sur-Glane

   Notes on language and terms used

The Reichs of Germany
The Politics and armed forces of The Third Reich
The SS and their role in The Third Reich
Racial beliefs of The Third Reich
The French Resistance: Résistants and Maquisards
Overseas Resistance Organisations
Vichy France

   Picture gallery

Present day ruins (from 1953 on)

Memorials
Six execution sites (for the men)
Church (site of execution for the women and children)
Cemetery
The town
The crypt
Panoramic views of the town

Original Oradour (up to 1953)
New Oradour (post 1953)
The 65th anniversary commemoration in Oradour
Other Oradours
Marsoulas (Martyr village 10 June 1944)
Frayssinet-le-Gélat
Peyrilhac
Belchite (Spanish Civil War memorial town in Aragon province)
Other relevant locations
French Resistance memorials (involving Das Reich)
Some of the SS personnel involved
The trial at Bordeaux in 1953
Other relevant personnel
High definition pictures of various locations (large file sizes)

   Site Map  

   SS-Rank Table showing equivalents in the German, American and British Armies

   Summary of: In a Ruined State

10th June 1944
The mystery of why?
The events that led up to the attack
Das Reich moves north
Bordeaux 1953
What really happened