This page contains all the
archived Additions
and Updates and covers the time since the site was
first opened on Friday 10th March
2000 up to the beginning of the
current Additions and Updates page.
19 December 2019 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated.
18 December 2019 ... Bibliography
updated.
15 December 2019 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated and dead links removed.
13 November 2019 ... View of
the petrol pump in front of the Beaulieu Forge updated.
11 November 2019 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated and dead links to accommodation
removed.
31 July 2019 ... The Timeline
updated.
01 May 2019 ... The review of the website has been halted for
the time being and will be resumed when I have more time available.
10 March 2019 ... This website has been
open for 19 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
17 February 2019 ... Recommended web
pages to view on this website updated.
08 February 2019 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated and dead links to accommodation list removed.
31 January 2019 ... A new page added showing
Recommended web-pages.
17 January 2019 ... A photograph of
Otto Erich Kahn added to the Picture
Gallery.
01 January 2019 ... A review
of the whole website has begun today, all pages are to be examined and
re-written as necessary; the end of the process will be announced here when
completed, probably by May 2019. A new photograph added to the Picture Gallery,
showing the increasing signs of decay to the
car of Doctor Desourteaux.
11 November 2018 ... 100 years ago today the armistice that
effectively ended the Great War came into effect at 11:00. If the
Great War and its armistice had not happened, there would not have been the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane: see
Chapter 1 of In a Ruined State for more
details. Pages dealing with the Aire de Repos
updated
08 November 2018 ...
Comparison photographs of the church during and following restoration.
Updated photograph of restriction sign at
the Centre de la Mémoire
07 November 2018 ... Comparison
photographs of the Doctor's car between 1998 and 2018 updated.
23 August 2018 ... Website moved to:
https://www.oradour.info, for increased
visitor security, please update
your browser bookmarks. Minor update to 1998
photo of the new church.
17 July 2018 ... Minor revision to
Chapter 1 of In a Ruined State.
16 July 2018 ... Revised photograph of
Otto Weidinger grave added to the Picture
Gallery.
10 March 2018 ... This website has been
open for 18 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
19 February 2018 ... Kahn's
statement made at Düsseldorf in 1967 added to the Appendices.
01 January 2018 ... Photograph
showing the new church at Oradour
undergoing extensive repair work due to damp ingress.
23 December 2017 ... New photograph showing
video supervision of Oradour.
31 May 2017 ... Many minor amendments to
How to get there and places to stay.
27 May 2017 ... Kahn's
statement made at Lüdinghausen added to the Appendices.
19 May 2017 ... Update to the
Timeline to show the death of Georg René Boos in 2015
19 April 2017 ... Opening
times for the Centre de la Mémoire and the ruins of Oradour revised.
10 March 2017 ... This website has been
open for 17 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944. Minor changes to
The Oradours of France.
15 February 2017 ... Kahn's
statement of 2nd January 1964 made at Dortmund added to the Appendices.
24 January 2017 ... Most of the work to make the website mobile
friendly, has been completed, please let me know of any specific problems via
the email address on the Home Page should
you encounter them.
21 January 2017 ... Most of the file sizes have been removed
from the Picture Gallery. This was firstly,
to make the menu look a little less cluttered and secondly, due to the rise in
the use of broadband they no longer served much useful purpose in warning
visitors of likely download times. Files sizes have been left visible for the
larger panoramic and higher definition photographs.
05 January 2017 ... The whole website is being reviewed in order
to make it even more mobile friendly, please be patient whilst this work is in
progress. I hope to have all modifications completed within a few weeks. Until
then, it may be necessary to 'pinch' some pages in order to make them fit the
screen of your device.
01 January 2017 ... A new item
showing the Opening Times for the ruins and
the Centre de la Mémoire added to the Home Page (and also shown
in the Appendices).
Accommodation listed in
How
to get there and places to stay updated.
23 December 2016 ... The death of Jean-Marcel Darthout recorded
in Dramatis Personae. Access times for
the Centre de la Mémoire updated in: How to get
there and places to stay.
22 August 2016 ... Most of the work completed to make the
website more mobile friendly. A complete re-write will be necessary to complete
the job and this will take place during 2017.
06 August 2016 ... A revision of the layout of whole website
begun to make it
more accessible to mobile devices of all kinds (this will take several days to
complete). Links Page removed, because
Google does a far better job.
05 May 2016 ... The
statement made by Sylvester Stadler at Dortmund in December 1962, added to
the website.
10 March 2016 ... This website has been
open for 16 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
07 March 2016 ... At last, I have started the translation of the
remainder of the Dortmund files, starting with Stadler's statement and these
files will begin to appear here from Easter onwards.
01 January 2016 ... Minor
amendments to various pages including the
Timeline and the SS-Rank Table.
19 November 2015 ... New photograph of
the banks of the River Glane and a revision to
The Masset Farm page.
01 September 2015 ... SS-Rank
Table updated.
28 July 2015 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with new accommodation.
17 July 2015 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with new accommodation.
18 April 2015 ... Photograph of Diekmann revised to include the
lyrics to, "Behind Blue Eyes"
25 March 2015 ...
The statement made by Hans
Gerlach added to the Appendices.
10 March 2015 ... This website has been
open for 15 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
08 March 2015 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with an additional place to stay.
25 February 2015 ...
The third of three statements made by Boos and a
review of them added to the
Appendices.
12 February 2015 ...
The second of three statements made by Boos added to the Appendices.
09 February 2015 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated.
03 February 2015 ... Latest News updated
to report that the official Oradour website is working normally again.
31 January 2015 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with an additional place to stay.
19 January 2015 ... Latest News updated
to mention the attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine office and the hacking of
the official Oradour website.
01 January 2015 ... Photograph of
the memorial showing the visit
of the Presidents of both France and Germany to Oradour in 2013 added to the
Picture Gallery.
09 December 2014 ... Latest News updated
with the German courts decision not to prosecute "Werner C".
25 November 2014 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with new accommodation details.
15 November 2014 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with new accommodation details.
19 August 2014 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with new accommodation details.
04 July 2014 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated with new accommodation details
23 June 2014 ...
70th anniversary commemoration photographs added to the Image Gallery.
24 May 2014 ...
How to get
there and places to stay updated to show a bus timetable for travel between
Limoges and Oradour.
10 May 2014 ...
How to get
there and places to stay updated with new accommodation details.
10 March 2014 ... This website has been
open for 14 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
18 January 2014 ...
The first of three statements made by Boos added to the Appendices.
01 January 2014 ... Photograph
added to the view of the Beaulieu forge, showing the
identification label on the village petrol pump.
15 December 2013 ... Minor update to Home
Page (additional thumbnail added).
05 November 2013 ... Revision and update to the photograph of
the Telephone Kiosk.
24 August 2013 ... Various cosmetic changes made to the
Home Page and How to
get there and Places to stay updated with dead links to accommodation
removed.
19 August 2013 ... The
1963 statement of Detlef Okrent
added to the Appendices.
29 July 2013 ... The
1962 statement of Rudolf Lusar added to the Appendices.
28 July 2013 ... Page added describing the
Dortmund Hearings during the 1960's into
Lammerding's involvement with the Oradour massacre.
18 July 2013 ... The start of the updates and corrections
throughout the website as a result of my gaining access to the remainder of the
statements concerning the French request to extradite Lammerding that were made
in Dortmund in the 1960's. This process will continue for months, probably until
late
2014. The completion of this process will be announced here.
07 July 2013 ... Latest News updated.
01 July 2013 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated with more accommodation listed.
01 May 2013 ... A Virtual Tour
of Oradour-sur-Glane added to the website.
23 March 2013 ... Entire website moved to new "Load Balancing
Servers", if you notice any anomalies in presentation, or missing / corrupt
data, please let me know at:
michael@oradour.info
18 March 2013 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated with additional accommodation.
10 March 2013 ... This website has been
open for 13 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
23 January 2013 ... A review of the whole website begun today
and many minor corrections carried out, this process will continue over the next
few weeks until its end is notified here.
01 January 2013 ... A
photograph of the Doctor's car, showing
restoration work to the passenger side sill.
07 December 2012 ... Begun adding a
new menu system
to the foot of all pages (except for the Site Map), it was completed on 14
December 2012.
04 December 2012 ... New photograph added for the
panorama looking up and down the Rue
Emile Desourteaux so as to give a 360 degree view.
14 November 2012 ... Photograph of the
rabbit hutches from which five men escaped
alive added to the Picture Gallery.
06 November 2012 ...
Photograph of Sylvester Stadler's grave added to the Picture Gallery.
05 November 2012 ... How to get
there and places to stay revised with additional places to stay being added.
01 September 2012 ... After much thought I have changed the
status of Oradour from that of a Town to that of a Village throughout this
website (if you notice any anomalies, please let me know).
25 July 2012 ... The section dealing with
Hitler's sister Paula
expanded (due to the original webspace being closed in the near future).
19 July 2012 ... Additional
panoramic views
being added over the next few days, in both low and higher definition file
sizes.
12 July 2012 ... Photographs of the
68th Anniversary
commemoration being added to the Picture Gallery over the next few days.
10 July 2012 ... Picture
Gallery layout extensively revised.
09 July 2012 ... Photograph of the memorial to those of the
Jewish faith added and all
memorial tablets in the cemetery
at Oradour re-photographed.
05 July 2012 ... How to get
there and places to stay revised, minor changes to other pages.
12 March 2012 ...
Lammerding's statement that he made at Dortmund in February 1962 has been added to
the appendices.
10 March 2012 ... This website has been
open for 12 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944.
22 February 2012 ...
Drawing of the hangings at Tulle on 9th June 1944 added to the
Picture Gallery.
20 February 2012 ... Various corrections to pages with
photographs of the W.W.I. memorial tablet.
27 January 2012 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated to show an additional self-catering
establishment.
01 January 2012 ... Photograph of
telephone kiosk added to the
Picture Gallery.
11 November 2011 ... Photographs added of the
Memorials in the Parc de la Resistance in Schiltigheim, Strasbourg.
19 July 2011 ... Photograph of the
memorial plaque at Bad Doberan
which mentions Oradour.
15 July 2011 ... Minor revision to
Chapter 3 dealing with Kämpfe and to
the Das Reich Order of Battle.
09 July 2011 ... Minor revision to
Chapter 7.
12 May 2011 ... Chapter 7 revised slightly by adding a
Miscellaneous Points
section.
06 May 2011 ... Chapter 7 (An
Explanation for the Massacre) ... of In a Ruined State revised and
extensively rewritten.
11 April 2011 ... Photograph of
Karl Lenz as a Feldwebel added to the Picture Gallery (this has now been removed
from the website in April 2012).
10 March 2011 ... 1) This website has been
open for 11 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944. 2) Numerous link additions to
many of the photo pages.
01 March 2011 ... Two photographs of Hugo Sperrle added to the
Picture Gallery.
15 February 2011 ... Timeline
for Oradour-sur-Glane added to the Appendices, Home
Page redesigned.
07 February 2011 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated with details of wheelchair access to the
ruins.
01 January 2011 ... Additional
photographs added to the Picture Gallery
for 2011.
01 December 2010 ... How to get
there and places to stay updated and revised.
12 November 2010 ... Photograph of the
grave of Otto Weidinger and a panorama
showing the Church and the Lorraine
refugee school.
07 November 2010 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated with additional accommodation shown.
01 September 2010 ... Photographs of the memorial in the cemetery
from 1998 and
2008 revised.
31 August 2010 ...
How
to get there and places to stay updated with additional accommodation shown.
30 August 2010 ... Chapter 5 of
In a Ruined State slightly revised.
28 August 2010 ... Chapter 8 of
In a Ruined State revised to reflect the ending of the Public Enquiry into
Bloody Sunday (in Northern Ireland).
19 August 2010 ... The Links page and
the How to get there and places to stay page
have been revised to show only website links on the Links
page and the accommodation in the area, on the
How to get there and places to stay page.
18 August 2010 ... Links page updated.
16 August 2010 ... Today
Oradour is a Town added to the Picture Gallery.
09 August 2010 ... Additional panorama views of the Doctor's car
added, both low and
high definition.
20 July 2010 ... Additional photographs for nesting
Great Tits and
Silence added.
19 July 2010 ... Additional photographs of the
Aire de Repos and the
Hotel de la Gare.
12 July 2010 ... Photograph of the
Court at Bordeaux added.
29 April 2010 ... Dramatis
Personae revised.
23 April 2010 ... Photograph of the sign near the entrance to
the Centre de la Mémoire banning dogs from
the Centre and the ruins.
29 March 2010 ... New photographs of the River Glane added to
the Picture Gallery.
24 March 2010 ... Link added in the Appendices to the 10th June
commemoration
ceremony.
10 March 2010 ... 1) This website has been
open for 10 years today, making it by far the longest continually running
website on the World Wide Web dealing with the subject of Oradour-sur-Glane and
what happened there on Saturday 10th June 1944 ... 2) Numerous minor corrections and
additions throughout the website and some pictures moved to their own folders
instead of all being located in the one large 'images' folder.
01 March 2010 ... Some revisions to the
SS Rank Table.
13 January 2010 ... More
higher definition pictures added to the Picture Gallery.
02 January 2010 ... How to get
there and places to stay revised and Links page
updated.
01 January 2010 ... Minor revision
to The 10th of June as a date in W.W.II. history.
15 December 2009 ... Starting today all internal links are being
checked and rewritten as necessary to show a colour change from blue to purple when they are
'clicked'.
07 December 2009 ... Starting today and over the next few weeks,
more photographs will be added to the Picture Gallery.
26 August 2009 ... Heinz Barth
trial judgement of 1983 added to the Appendices.
01 August 2009 ... Additional photographs of the
memorial at Charly-Oradour added to
the Picture Gallery.
22 July 2009 ... Additional photographs added to the
Picture Gallery showing the Masset Farm,
the Lorraine Refugees school and Doctor's car.
17 July 2009 ... New section added to the
Picture Gallery called
The 65th Anniversary.
15 July 2009 ... New section added to the
Picture Gallery called 'Panoramic
views of the village'
05 May 2009 ... Additional B&W photographs (all courtesy of Time
Magazine) added to the Picture Gallery,
some rearrangement of the Gallery items.
25 April 2009 ... Some minor amendments to
Chapter 5 of In a Ruined State and to
various photographs, new photo of Otto
Weidinger added.
21 April 2009 ... The Bibliography
added to in the section covering books and videos..
16 April 2009 ... A new page,
The changing nature of comment about this
website, added to the Appendices.
11 March 2009 ...
Chapter 8 of In a Ruined State
updated.
10 March 2009 ... This website has been
open for 9 years today.
06 February 2009 ...
How to get there and places to stay
slightly revised.
04 February 2009 ...
Links page updated with
more accommodation details.
02 January 2009 ...
GPS coordinates for the Aire added to
How to get
there and places to stay and to the
Aire photograph.
24 December 2008 ... Interior view of the
crypt at Oradour.
23 December 2008 ... High definition picture of the
Souviens-Toi
: Remember notice added.
19 December 2008 ...
How to get there and place to stay,
updated.
13 December 2008 ... New photographs added to the
Picture Gallery.
05 December 2008 ... Links page updated.
03 December 2008 ... Minor update to the
FAQ list.
20 November 2008 ... Links page updated with new accommodation.
18 November 2008 ...
Panorama of the Champ de Foire
added.
12 November 2008 ... Minor revision of the
favicon
page.
09 November 2008 ... New picture of
Rouffillac added to the Picture
Gallery.
07 November 2008 ... Updated pictures added to the
Picture Gallery.
03 November 2008 ... Minor amendment to
Chapter 2 of In a Ruined State.
01 November 2008 ... Minor changes to various pages mentioning
the "Deutschland" Panzer Grenadier Regiment, so as to distinguish it from the,
Grossdeutschland Division (a non SS-Unit).
10 September 2008 ... Chapter 2
of In a Ruined State amended.
09 September 2008 ... Links page updated and a dead link to the:
Moulin de la Plaine Gite, removed.
01 September 2008 ... Additional photograph of
Beaulieu Forge
added.
14 August 2008 ... Minor revisions to the pages showing the
lists of victims names.
05 August 2008 ... FAQ and How to get there and places to stay
revised to show: "No Dogs" in the ruins, or in the Centre de la Mémoire.
30 July 2008 ... New
photograph from 1944 showing the
view from the church roof.
24 July 2008 ... Minor correction to one of the
photos in the
Picture Gallery.
18 March 2008 ... Links page added to, showing new accommodation in
the area.
10 March 2008 ... This website has been
open for 8 years today.
07 March 2008 ... Minor addition to
Chapter 2 of In a Ruined State.
01 March 2008 ... New photographs in the
Picture Gallery of where the SS paused
en-route to Oradour and also of a local Oradour-sur-Glane road sign.
27 February 2008 ...
Side view of church showing entrance
in the Picture Gallery revised.
23 February 2008 ... Bibliography and Site Map revised and
updated.
09 January 2008 ... PoW interrogation report dated 11 October
1944 added to Appendices.
02 January 2008 ... Minor changes
and amendments throughout the website; check the date at the foot of each page.
20 December 2007 ... A Prisoner of War interrogation report
added to the Appendices (the earliest record found yet to mention Oradour).
09 December 2007 ... Photographs of Peyrilhac added to the
Picture Gallery, Chapter 7 of In a Ruined State revised, various other
amendments.
08 December 2007 ... Photographs of Frayssinet-le-Gélat added to
the Picture Gallery, various amendment throughout the website to reflect the
additions.
06 December 2007 ... New photographs of the Champ de Foire and
an aerial view of the ruins added.
24 November 2007 ... Photograph of the new memorial to the
victims from Alsace added to the Picture Gallery.
16 November 2007 ... More photographs added to the Picture
Gallery with a new section on Marsoulas (look for "New") and various amendments throughout the website,
Latest News updated, Bibliography updated.
06 September 2007 ... 'How to get there and places to stay',
revised.
31 August 2007 ... 'Links' page added to.
24 August 2007 ... 'How to get there and places to stay',
revised.
21 August 2007 ... Additional photograph of the 'Car of Doctor
Desourteaux', in Picture Gallery.
14 August 2007 ... The 'Dramatis Personae' section in the
Appendices updated to show the death of Heinz Barth.
10 August 2007 ... Links page updated and dead link removed.
06 August 2007 ... The transcript and commentary on, 'Oradour
retour sur un massacre' in the Appendices, revised.
30 July 2007 ... Minor addition to Chapter 2 of In a Ruined
State (mentioning the fate of the clergy).
22 July 2007 ... Remembering the past, added to the Appendices.
15 July 2007 ... How to get there and places to stay, minor
revision
07 May 2007 ... Additional photograph of Charly-Oradour added to
the Picture Gallery.
01 May 2007 ... Review of In a Ruined State completed.
30 April 2007 ... More photographs of the memorial at Gabaudet
added to the Picture Gallery.
27 April 2007 ... Review of In a Ruined State begun to reflect
the information gained from Otto Kahn's statement at Dortmund. All chapters
subject to some change and when complete I will announce it here.
18 April 2007 ... Link to Google Map provided on Village Plan page
in the Appendices.
17 April 2007 ... New files are now marked with the word "New"
in red wherever they appear, so as to make locating them easier.
16 April 2007 ... Additional photographs of the church, the
road to Peyrilhac and the Post Office all taken
circa November 1944, added to the Picture Gallery.
23 March 2007 ... Otto Kahn's December 1962 witness statement
at Dortmund added to Appendices.
10 March 2007 ... This website has been
open for 7 years today.
08 February 2007 ... FAQ List and How to get there and places to
stay, revised.
29 January 2007 ... Latest News updated.
23 January 2007 ... Links page updated.
22 January 2007 ... 'View from Maison Dupic down Rue Emile
Desourteaux', replaced with a new photograph.
15 January 2007 ... How to
get there and places to stay updated. Details of the Aire for motorcaravans in
Oradour-sur-Glane revised.
20 December 2006 ... The section, How to get there and places to
stay, has been updated.
11 December 2006 ... New photograph of the "Souviens-Toi :
Remember" notice added to the Picture Gallery.
08 December 2006 ... New photograph added to Picture Gallery
showing an ossuary. The 'favicon' and Free French Flag details added to
Appendices.
24 November 2006 ... Additional photographs added to the Picture
Gallery and minor amendments to various pages.
21 November 2006 ... Series of small amendments to Chapter 5 and
7 of In a Ruined State.
14 November 2006 ... Photograph of the memorial to Léon Roche in
Oradour-sur-Vayres replaced and a photograph of his house added.
05 November 2006 ... Bibliography revised.
11 September 2006 ... Accents and commonly misspelled words
revised.
31 August 2006 ... Appendix list revised, The Oradours of France
revised.
20 August 2006 ... FAQ list revised, picture of Kämpfe's grave
revised.
10 August 2006 ... SS Rank table in
Appendices slightly revised.
03 August 2006 ... How to get there and
places to stay amended. Links page revised.
24 July 2006 ... Minor revision to the
Footnote of Chapter 7 of In a Ruined State.
22 July 2006 ... FAQ List revised.
26 June 2006 ... Photograph of Otto Kahn's
grave added, various changes to the text of the website relating to him and his
post-war life.
13 May 2006 ... Minor revision to Dramatis
Personae in the Appendices.
28 March 2006 ... Full transcript and notes
for the program, 'Oradour retour sur un massacre' added to the Appendices.
11 March 2006 ... First two Appendix entries
for Otto Weidinger revised.
10 March 2006
... This website has been open for 6
years today. How to get there and places to stay and FAQ list, updated
with 2006 details.
28 February 2006 ... Dramatis Personae in the
Appendices revised.
24 February 2006 ... Bibliography revised.
18 February 2006 ... More accommodation
details added to 'How to get there and places to stay'.
14 February 2006 ... The 10th of June as a
day in W.W.II. history, added to the Appendices.
07 February 2006 ... Links page updated.
02 February 2006 ... Latest News and Links
updated to show opening of new Centre de la Mémoire website.
25 January 2006 ... How to get there and
places to stay, revised.
20 January 2006 ... Links and Latest
News pages revised.
08 January 2006
... Model of fire in the church at Oradour-sur-Glane, revised (located in the
Appendices).
13 December 2005 ... Latest News minor
update.
23 November 2005 ... More photographs added
to the Picture Gallery.
22 November 2005 ... More photographs added
to the Picture Gallery.
18 November 2005 ... More photographs added
to the Picture Gallery.
17 November 2005 ... More photographs added
to the Picture Gallery and some existing views replaced with better ones.
16 November 2005 ... Latest News updated. New
photograph of the Doctor's car on the Home Page. New photographs of the Oradours
of Departments 15 and 16 added.
27 August 2005 ... Minor revision to FAQ
list, Home Page amended to show my absence from September to November.
21 August 2005 ... Minor revision to date
order in the 5th June 1946 interview with Paula Hitler in the Appendices.
19 August 2005 ... Website now on a different
server as of 16:00 GMT (same ISP, but a different server).
13 August 2005 ... Revision to: The Oradours
of France.
26 July 2005 ... Minor amendments to Home
Page and Summary of In a Ruined State.
16 July 2005 ... The Home Page heading
revised.
14 July 2005 ... FAQ 22 added to the FAQ
List.
11 July 2005 ... How to get there and places
to stay: updated.
10 July 2005 ... Minor amendment to the
Summary.
01 May 2005 ... Home page amended to show a
link to the Summary of the Oradour story and three photographs added. Summary
amended.
29 April 2005 ... How to get there and places
to stay updated.
20 April 2005 ... Links page revised.
16 April 2005 ... Latest News updated to show
that the 'official' website at: oradour.org has become unavailable again
since Friday 15 April, but that it can be found at: oradour.net Links
page updated with this news.
12 April 2005 ... Dramatis Personae list
added to the Appendices. New picture of the memorial to Léon Roche.
01 April 2005 ... Site Map added, How to get
there and places to stay, Latest News and Home Page amended.
31 March 2005 ... Accents and commonly
misspelled words revised.
21 March 2005 ... Village Plan of
Oradour-sur-Glane new village added to Appendices.
19 March 2005 ... How to get there and places
to stay, slightly amended.
13 March 2005 ... Commonly misspelled words
page revised, FAQ list revised.
10 March 2005 ... This website has been open
for 5 years today.
07 March 2005 ... Commonly misspelled words
page added to the Appendices.
02 March 2005 ... Minor revision of Chapter 7
of In a Ruined State.
23 February 2005 ... All photographs reviewed
and enhanced as to colour and brightness / contrast as necessary.
20 February 2005 ... Minor revision to the
appendix dealing with the Wansee Conference.
12 February 2005 ... Latest News amended to
show that the official website is again available.
10 February 2005 ... Latest News amended to
show that the official website for Oradour has been unavailable since Sunday 06
February.
09 February 2005 ... New photo of Stadler
added to Picture Gallery.
08 February 2005 ... FAQ list added to and
revised.
27 January 2005 ... Minor addition to Chapter
7 of In a Ruined State.
25 January 2005 ... Chapters 8 & 9 of In a
Ruined State combined into a new Chapter 8: Conclusions & salient points.
24 January 2005 ... Chapter 7, 8 and 9 of In
a ruined State amended slightly.
22 January 2005 ... Home Page and FAQ list
amended.
20 January 2005 ... Chapter 7 of In a Ruined
State has been revised and republished, Links updated.
13 January 2005 ... 'How to get there and
places to stay' has been updated.
03 January 2005 ... Village Plan of
Oradour converted to smaller file size.
27 December 2004 ... Chapter 6 of In a Ruined State has been
republished with minor changes.
21 December 2004 ... Latest News updated.
19 December 2004 ... Correction to the meaning of 1st November:
it is All Saints Day, not Remembrance Day.
06 December 2004 ... Some minor changes to Sylvester Stadler's
entries in the Appendices.
23 November 2004 ... The spelling of "website" has now been
standardised throughout these pages. Frequently Asked Questions updated. Latest
News revised.
12 November 2004 ... New pictures of the 10 memorial tablets
listing the names of all 642 victims added to the Picture Gallery.
11 November 2004 ... New pictures of old village tram station, the
laying of the foundation stone for the new Centre and a plaque blaming
Lammerding for ordering the massacre.
10 November 2004 ... New pictures of old village entrances, the
cemetery and Madam Rouffanche grave added. Minor revisions to the content of
information for several pictures and the Picture Gallery.
09 November 2004 ... Latest News and How to get there and places
to stay, updated.
08 September 2004 ... Minor revision of, Critique of Max
Hastings book, in the Appendices.
07 September 2004 ... Minor revision of 'Oradour, retour sur un
massacre' in the Appendices.
02 September 2004 ... Minor revision of Home Page and to
Lammerding's request for a Fellowship Camp in the Appendices.
30 August 2004 ... Latest News and Bibliography updated. New
entry in Appendices giving a review of, 'Oradour, retour sur un massacre' a TV
documentary broadcast by France 3.
25 August 2004 ... Latest News updated and revised in several
parts.
24 August 2004 ... Minor corrections to various appendices (see
date at foot of each page to see which have been affected).
19 August 2004 ... How to get there and places to stay, further
updated, Latest News updated regarding France 3 TV programme, FAQ list amended.
11 August 2004 ... How to get there and places to stay, updated.
27 July 2004 ... Two sets of photographs of the Junkerschule Bad
Tölz added to the Picture Gallery, Latest News updated.
14 July 2004 ... New photographs of the memorial at
Charly-Oradour added to Appendices.
09 July 2004 ... Bibliography added to and note regarding my
absence removed from Home Page.
30 April 2004 ... The review of the whole website is now
complete, all chapters of In a Ruined State have been rewritten to a greater or
lesser extent. Chapters 3 and 7 are the most heavily amended / added to.
28 April 2004 ... Minor review of Chapter 6 of In a Ruined State
completed.
27 April 2004 ... The minor review of Chapter 5 of In a Ruined
State completed, minor review of Postscript competed.
26 April 2004 ... Minutes of the Wannsee Conference added to
Appendices. The (minor) review of Chapter 4 of In a Ruined State completed.
24 April 2004 ... The review of Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of, In a
Ruined State completed.
17 April 2004 ... Kahn's 1st June 1944 assessment by Diekmann
added to Appendices.
06 April 2004 ... Request for Kahn's promotion in August 1941
added to Appendices.
01 April 2004 ... Gerlach's promotion request of 23rd October
1944.
31 March 2004 ... Gerlach's promotion request of 1st April 1944.
26 March 2004 ... Weidinger's nomination for the Oak Leaves
added to Appendices.
24 March 2004 ... Weidinger's assessments from 1940 and 1942 and
his résumé of 1942 added to Appendices.
23 March 2004 ... Weidinger's first assessment as an officer
added to Appendices.
22 March 2004 ... Weidinger's officer-training course results
added to Appendices.
19 March 2004 ... Psychological assessment for Weidinger added
to Appendices.
18 March 2004 ... Two assessments for Otto Weidinger as a guard
at Dachau added to Appendices.
17 March 2004 ... Assessment for Otto Weidinger added to
Appendices.
11 March 2004 ... 4 pictures of Heinz Barth added to Picture
Gallery.
10 March 2004 ... This website has been open
for 4 years today.
04 February 2004 ... A review of the whole site has
begun, check the date at the foot of individual pages to see if they have been
revised. When the review is complete, it will be announced here and until it is
finished there will not be any further entries here other than to announce new
material.
03 February 2004 ... Request to award the German Cross in Gold
to Lammerding added to Appendices.
20 January 2004 ... Lammerding's résumé of 1935 added to
appendices.
16 January 2004 ... Gerlach's assessment of 31 May 1944 added to
Appendices. FAQ list amended.
15 January 2004 ... Press notice about Gerlach winning the
German Cross in Gold added to appendices.
14 January 2004 ... Original of Stadler's letter to Himmler
added to appendices. Photograph of Weidinger added to Picture gallery.
Weidinger's assessment of 25 June 1944 added to appendices.
10 January 2004 ... Picture of Sylvester Stadler added to the
Picture Gallery. Stadler's letter to Himmler added to appendices.
07 January 2004 ... More data for Stadler added to the
appendices. Appendix list revised to make it alphabetical in layout. Additions
and updates prior to 2004 archived to a separate page so as to speed up loading
and searching. See the foot of this page for a link to the archive.
06 January 2004 ... Appendix list altered, some more data for
Stadler added, Diekmann's marriage application amended.
04 January 2004 ... An Assessment for
Stadler added to the Appendices.
02 January 2004 ... Data for
Sylvester Stadler added to Appendices.
25 December 2003 ... Minor changes to Latest News, FAQ list and various
links.
17 December 2003 ... Lammerding's request (in the Appendices) for a
fellowship camp amended, FAQ list slightly amended.
02 December 2003 ... July 1945 interview with Hitler's sister added to
Appendices.
28 November 2003 ... June 1946 interview with Hitler's sister added to
Appendices.
01 November 2003 ... Added and / or amended, pictures of: 1) Old southern
entrance to the village with the Souviens-Toi sign. 2) The list of names from Charly. 3) The
W.W.I memorial & window through which shots were fired. 4) View of the crypt with the
memorial behind. 5) View north from Avril Hotel. 6) View of watermill. 7) View of southern
entrance with church. 8) View of first house at northern entrance.
30 October 2003 ... Latest News updated.
28 October 2003 ... Note referring to my absence removed from Home Page.
31 August 2003 ... Minor changes to various
pages.
10 August 2003 ... Hits counter
removed from Home Page, note referring to my absence added to Home Page. Minor changes
several pages.
09 August 2003 ... Website moved to
the new address of:
https://www.oradour.info/ More
pictures added to section on Belchite. New page added to Appendices on the Oradours of
France.
07 August 2003 ... New section added to Pictures showing comparison between Oradour and
Belchite in Spain and displaying the other nearby Oradours.
31 July 2003 ... Website changed address from the original:
http://www.oradour.btinternet.com
address to: https://www.oradour.info/ or,
http://oradour.info (either address is valid) on a new
web space provider, remote from BT Internet which has hosted the site since its opening on
10 March 2000.
21 July 2003 ... Latest News page updated to show that the official French Oradour
website now has an English section.
19 July 2003 ... Note relating to my absence removed from Home Page. Minor change to SS
Rank table in Appendices.
06 May 2003 ... Revised translations for, Diekmann's résumé and his various
assessments as shown in the Appendices. Revised translations for Lammerding's documents as
shown in the Appendices. Minor changes to Latest News and this page.
01 May 2003 ... How to get there and places to stay amended to show reduced opening
times of camp site in Limoges.
30 April 2003 ... Interrogations, by Overy, added to Bibliography.
29 April 2003 ... Lammerding's 'Fellowship camp' request to Himmler, added to
appendices.
16 April 2003 ... Notice regarding Lammerding's attending a 'war-school course' added
to appendices.
11 April 2003 ... More added to the Appendices for Heinrich Lammerding
08 April 2003 ... Amendment to the Service Records in the Appendices for Heinz Barth.
07 April 2003 ... Press note for the award of Lammerding's Knights Cross added to
Appendices. Note regarding my absence between May and July added to Home Page. Another
assessment of Lammerding added to the appendices.
05 April 2003 ... Data added to Appendices section for the career of Barth. Two
pictures removed from the Picture Gallery. The first purported to show Heinz Barth and
Otto Kahn and whilst it could have been Kahn in the picture, the other man was definitely
not Barth. The second was of Diekmann and Werner, which I now feel to be irrelevant to the
story of Oradour.
01 April 2003 ... Photo of Lammerding added to Picture Gallery.
31 March 2003 ... Revised Appendices list.
29 March 2003 ... Assessment for Lammerding added to appendices.
27 March 2003 ... Latest News amended to show revised schedule for the new data and
re-write of In a Ruined State.
10 March 2003 ... This website has been open for 3 years
today.
02 March 2003 ... Mailto address slightly changed to make possible migration to another
ISP easier.
23 February 2003 ... Latest News updated with details of site rewrite and opening of
official (French) Oradour website.
16 February 2003 ... Chapter 9 of In a Ruined State added.
12 February 2003 ... Latest News updated, legend on picture inside exhibition at the
Centre de la Mémoire amended.
11 February 2003 ... Two better quality pictures to replace the originals, one of Roger
Godfrin and the other of Madame Rouffanche.
09 February 2003 ... Additions to Bibliography.
28 January 2003 ... Latest News updated regarding the 'official' Oradour website.
11 January 2003 ... Minor changes, including link to
official Oradour website included in FAQ and Links pages.
25 December 2002 ... Link added to, 'Centre de la Mémoire', the official
website of Oradour. Latest News revised.
17 December 2002 ... Minor changes to the legends accompanying the two pictures of
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne. Amendment to Latest News.
09 December 2002 ... Cosmetic changes to, Waffen-SS Ranks table in the appendices.
22 November 2002 ... Correction to Chapter 5 of In a Ruined State, showing Metz as
being in Lorraine not Alsace.
17 November 2002 ... Pictures added of, La Plaine, Memorial to W.W.I., Post Office,
Tram Stations. Revised Pictures of Mme Rouffanche's grave, exit from Centre de la Mémoire.
15 November 2002 ... The picture showing "Dickmann" as the leader of the SS
group taken inside the Centre de la Mémoire has been replaced with one of higher
resolution.
14 November 2002 ... New pictures added of, 1) the old Tram Station, 2) the Church,
taken in September 1944 and 3) an aerial view of both old and new villages.
11 November 2002 ... How to get there and places to stay, has been updated with caravan
site and opening time details, FAQ list amended, Latest News page amended.
08 November 2002 ... Chapter 2 of In a Ruined State amended as to location of La
Plaine.
06 September 2002 ... Corrected numerous minor spelling mistakes across the whole site.
29 August 2002 ... Note added to Home Page regarding my absence between September and
November 2002.
27 August 2002 ... The section, How to get there and places to stay, has been revised
with current opening times and charges for the Centre de la Mémoire.
24 August 2002 ... Chapters 2 and 6 of, In a Ruined State and photograph of Roger
Godfrin updated to record his death in 2001.
30 July 2002 ... Index page amended to show my return and minor corrections to In a
Ruined State Summary.
28 April 2002 ... Latest News updated. New appendix added, The SS, a Personal View.
FAQ List amended.
09 April 2002 ... Note added to Home Page regarding my absence between May and August.
New appendix added commentating on the SS reporting and résumé system. Minor spelling
corrections to some appendices. Minor amendments to Chapter 7, In a Ruined State.
18 March 2002 ... Some minor amendments to Chapter 7, In a Ruined State.
10 March 2002 ... This website has been open for 2 years
today.
02 March 2002 ... Minor changes to the section regarding 9th June in Chapter 7, In a
Ruined State.
26 February 2002 ... Amendments to Diekmann's Résumé in the Appendices and minor
addition to Chapter 6 of, In a Ruined State. This website is now in a mature state
and will probably grow quite slowly from this point onwards. Additional material
will be shown above the line.
25 February 2002 ... Completion of review of all pictures with minor changes to many.
18 February 2002 ... Beginning of a review of all pictures, minor change to Chapter 6
of In a Ruined State.
17 February 2002 ... Added new picture of altar in church at Oradour-sur-Glane.
12 February 2002 ... Entire website moved to new authoring software and some broken
links repaired.
04 February 2002 ... Home Page has had added a request to report any broken links to
myself.
03 February 2002 ... Picture of the Memorial to the dead in Oradour cemetery revised.
02 February 2002 ... Minor amendment to, Chapter 8 of, In a Ruined State.
29 January 2002 ... SS Insignia page in the Appendices updated.
28 January 2002 ... Chapter 3 of In a Ruined State section, Beginnings has been revised
and other minor changes.
27 January 2002 ... Bibliography updated.
24 January 2002 ... Legends for many pictures revised.
23 January 2002 ... Most of the pages of the Appendix section have had minor revisions.
22 January 2002 ... An Excess of Zeal replaced with, In a Ruined State. Apart from some
minor changes, the review of the website is now complete and all future additions /
alterations will be noted above the line.
15 January 2002 ... Latest News and How to get there and places to stay revised.
04 January 2002 ... A new version of the Oradour
village plan
loaded to replace the original.
29 December 2001 ... A further 5 updated / new pictures added to the Picture Gallery.
24 December 2001 ... About 20 new or revised images added to the Picture Gallery.
15 December 2001 ... Starting today, the whole website is undergoing revision with many
changes and additions. Rather than list all the changes here, look for a, 'revised
xxxxxxx' note at the foot of each page to see if there have been any changes. When the
review is complete I will note it here and then recommence using this page to announce
minor changes.
14 December 2001 ... Latest News updated to include details about the euro (€).
30 November 2001 ... Picture showing entrance to Oradour-sur-Vayres changed, additional
picture of old Oradour added.
28 November 2001 ... Page showing the photograph of memorial and bridge at Bretenoux
modified.
17 November 2001 ... Notes referring to my being absent on holiday removed from Home
Page.
13 September 2001 ... Some minor re-arrangements to the Home Page, Introduction and
Picture catalogue.
12 September 2001 ... Home page and Introduction revised.
11 September 2001 ... Notes on Language and terms used revised.
04 September 2001 ... Latest News and Links pages updated and note regarding holiday
added to Home Page.
02 September 2001 ... Bibliography and Latest News page updated.
19 August 2001 ... Latest News page updated.
20 July 2001 ... Notes referring to my being absent on holiday removed from Home Page.
01 May 2001 ... Home page, Latest News (previously called, 'News Flash') and FAQ list
amended.
24 April 2001 ... News Flash amended.
06 April 2001 ... Bibliography updated.
03 April 2001 ... Links page amended to show that the AAARGH site is open access again.
23 March 2001 ... FAQ revised and Summary of the Oradour story (suitable for children),
added.
10 March 2001 ... This website has been open for 1 year
today.
06 March 2001 ... Links amended.
02 March 2001 ... Many minor amendments to picture captions.
01 March 2001 ... Chapter 7 of AEOZ section "Other Explanations" extensively
revised. Bibliography revised.
28 February 2001 ... Minor revisions to Chapters 2 and 6 of AEOZ.
27 February 2001 ... First page of Diekmann's original, hand-written Lebenslauf added
to the Appendix list.
22 February 2001 ... All chapters of AEOZ reviewed and many minor corrections and
additions made. All chapters converted to the Arial font to aid readability. SS insignia
page added to appendix list.
17 February 2001 … Chapters 6,7 and 8 of AEOZ and the Postscript published. This update page divided
into two parts to reflect the finishing of the story of Oradour. From now on there will be
updates and revisions above the line.
30 January 2001 ... Amendment to Chapter 3 of AEOZ revising location of Kämpfe's
death.
23 January 2001 ... 2 more photos of Tulle added.
20 January 2001 ... 3 more photos of 'old' Oradour added.
17 January 2001 … Map showing march route of Das Reich from Montauban to Limoges
and beyond added to appendices.
15 January 2001 … Revised FAQ list.
14 January 2001 ... 3 Photos of original Oradour published.
08 January 2001 … Minor amendments to Chapter 1 of AEOZ.
05 January 2001 ... Revised map of the Haute-Vienne showing additional locations.
03 January 2001 ... Order of Battle for Das Reich added to appendices.
02 January 2001 ... 'Notes on Language and Terms Used',
has been revised.
22 December 2000 ... Chapter 5 of AEOZ published.
14 December 2000 … Revised Bibliography.
11 December 2000 … Minor addition to Chapter3 of AEOZ, showing location of Panzer
Grenadier School that Kahn was posted to in 1945.
01 December 2000 ... Revised Bibliography.
29 November 2000 ... Chapter 3 of, 'An Excess of Zeal' published.
17 November 2000 … Additional personal data for Diekmann added to the Appendices.
02 October 2000 ... Chapter 4 of, 'An Excess of Zeal' published.
24 September 2000 ... Amended completion date (December) shown on title page.
22 September 2000 … Minor amendments / corrections to Chapter 2 of, 'An Excess of
Zeal'
04 September 2000 … Chapter 2 of, 'An Excess of Zeal' published.
30 August 2000 ... Opening times for Centre de la Mémoire added to FAQ list, minor
corrections.
01 August 2000 ... Pictures of Charly-Oradour added and list of names of people from
there who were killed at Oradour-sur-Glane added. Added to FAQ list.
26 July 2000 ... Report of Obersturmführer Gerlach added to Appendices.
24 July 2000 ... Minor corrections to Chapter 1 of, 'An Excess of Zeal' and 'How to get
there'.
21 July 2000 ... Minor corrections to many pages. Chapter 1 of, 'An Excess of Zeal'
(AEOZ) finished and published. This update page started and published.
10 March 2000 ... This website opened in a working form
with many pictures and some appendices published at:
http://www.oradour.btinternet.com
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