ChezShells Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Tourist place, I think in the Charente (16)The village where nothing has changed since the war (narrow things down a bit!)An old car stands in the middle of it and has been there since the forties.Whats it called?, anyone been?, worth a visit?ThanksLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Whats it called?, Oradour Sur GlaneAnyone been? YesWorth a visit? Yes. Very Movinghttp://oradoursurglane.free.fr/http://www.oradour.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezShells Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 Great.Fast reply thanksLee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 [quote user="ChezShells"]...I think in the Charente (16) ...[/quote]It's in the Limousin just outside Limoges to the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 I'd never heard of this so thanks, i will definitely visit.Some history in English http://www.oradour.info/http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/ora_tour/oradour.htmlLouise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezShells Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Worth a visit.Great shame, nice place, you imagine yourself how it must have been, terrible.Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 "Tourist place ...""Worth a visit."I'm sorry, but this just trivialises Oradour. An atrocity of monstrous proportions took place there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I totally agree Clarkkent, it makes me shiver just to hear the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 When you walk through the gate into the village, there's an ancient hand painted sign on the grass verge which just says "Silence"...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 There's a bit on my website about a visit I made a few years ago.www.aulton.demon.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I have just read about this on Wikipedia. Horrific.I then had a look at the other links in the story and eventually ended up looking at the French Resistance and Maquis pages, which give some mini biographies of famous and not so famous Resistance / SOE members. One lady called Nancy Wake ,I am ashamed to say, I had not heard about before but she really intrigued me and is now apparently living in an oap home in London and I have just ordered her biography from Amazon. So thanks to the original poster for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 If you are interested in SOE you may like to look out for a book called 'A Life in Secrets' by Sarah Helm ISDN 0-349-11936-8, Its about a woman called Vera Atkins who helped prepare SOE agents for their missions, particularly the women. After the war she made it her mission to find out exactly what had happened to each of her 'girls' who had not returned. At the same time the author reveals how Vera was not quite what she seemed and how she had her own, very well kept secrets, too.I'm reading it at present and have really enjoyed it, although there was a sense of disbelief at some of the stupidity sometimes........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 Thanks Russethouse, I will put it on my Christmas list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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