My husband and I visited Oradour-Sur-Glane in 2015. Having visited several of the war memorials it was somewhere we felt it was important for us to visit. Nothing prepares you for the atmosphere it still holds. Visiting Oradour had an impact on us that we still talk about often. The honesty and simplicity of the town says more than any purpose built memorial could. Thank you for taking the time to film and share your video.
Thank you very much for choosing to share with us Oradour-Sur-Glane. The WWII massacre should never be forgotten. It’s heartbreaking to think how evil we as humans can become to be able to perpetrate such horror. I’m thoroughly enjoying your beautiful travel videos, this video though was very special. Mercy beaucoup.
Ellen, thank you very much for your kind comment. Indeed, it's a very touching place, I will never forget being there. And I'm glad you're enjoying some of the videos!
And here we are, 80 years on, seeing exactly this Slaughter being repeated, again, in a land far away by the very descendants of those who claimed such suffering in this very same conflict. So much for learning from hands on experience....
Thank you for sharing your video, God rest their souls, Huge credit to the French authorities for allowing the village to remain as a monument to show future generations of our evil past!
your video is like a memorial...the silence and your steps...it is well filmed and the emotion grips us. How is it possible to burn 200 children alive?!...by god, how is that possible?......... I really like the ending scene...this river is like a clearing in the stupidity of men. thx you !
Thank you Felipe for this video. It’s extremely sad and heartbreaking to see knowing what happened there. Its hard to put into words from someone who has visited many war memorials, this stands out the most. RIP to all those poor souls.
Truly an act of obscene evil. The ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane serve as a memorial to the victims of this needless massacre. I visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in July 2024 and would like to see Oradour-sur-Glane as well. Thanks for the video.
Thank you. Recording this must have been very difficult for you. I found it extremely hard so I can only imagine what it must feel like actually walking through the village and the emotional ties with the stones of the buildings. Once again thank you.
Merci pour ce reportage plein de simplicité et de silence respectueux. Vos courts écrits résument bien ce qui s'est passé à Oradour. Quelle bonne idée d'avoir filmé votre arrivée dans la campagne et d'avoir terminé cette vidéo avec cette rivière si symbolique. Merci.
Visited this place 3 years ago. Was very moving. It's like time has stood still. This tragedy is mentioned in opening scene of the epic TV series world at war. Must of been awful for the victims. Very sad.
Thank u so much for making/posting this video!! For many yrs now I have been extremely interested in WW2...this has ALWAYS been one place I wanted to go to, to see first hand and to pay my respects to all of those innocent victims 😢....and I know I most likely will never have the chance to be able to go there.....so I truly ty so very much for this video!!!💜
Thank you Heather for your very kind comment. A very special place indeed. I hope you'll have the chance to go there, sometimes the unexpected happens!
@@felipedibarrart9853 thank you so very much Hun!! 💜 And u are so right....sometimes the unexpected can happen!!🤞 **But thanks again and best wishes to you!!😊
I’ve visited Oradour-sur-Glane twice-first as a young child and then more recently with my family. The town carries a profound heaviness that’s impossible to ignore. My family lived just an hour away, and I vividly remember feeling that weight as we walked through the ruins. Strangely, it was only when we went mushroom hunting in the surrounding woods that the heaviness seemed to lift. The experience stayed with me for decades, haunting me, until I felt compelled to return with my own son.
well , i had the most astonish feeling visiting this place , i didn not expect to fell anything but as i was watching inside a house , a bakery a think, i felt ike being there at that time . I cannot explain in words what i felt, could feel the suffering myself , stared crying whitout control . i cant explain till today what happend.
C'est toujours très émouvant. Comment des êtres humains ont pu faire ça à d'autres êtres humains. Quand j'étais petite c'est le silence qui régnait j'y suis retournée il y a quelques temps et le chant des oiseaux était présent une sorte d'apaisement enfin. Dommage que Monsieur Hebras n'ait pas été là cette année pour le 80eme anniversaire et la visite historique en français d'un président allemand.
Très très difficile à commenter en effet... Ce n'est sans doute pas la meilleure visite que vous avez faite en France ! Très courageux de votre part : MERCI Malheureusement, il y en a eu d'autres atrocités comme celle-là, notamment aux Lucs-sur-Boulogne en Vendée, pendant la Révolution Française ! Les Républicains ont brûlé tous les habitants (femmes, enfants et hommes) de ce petit village car ils étaient vendéens, catholiques et contre les idées de la terreur (une guerre civile, en somme, car entre français) Souvenirs très douloureux, toutes ces horreurs
Merci beaucoup Marie-Christine pour votre commentaire. Oradour est un endroit inoubliable, le plus "puissant" que j'ai visité en France. J'apprécie votre contribution au sujet historique. Avec honte je me rends compte que j'ignorais la terrible situation des Lucs-sur-Boulogne. Je vais enquêter davantage sur cette période historique. Merci!
Danke für Ihr Video. Ich hab schon einige gesehen. An Grausamkeit sind die Gräueltaten dieser deutschen Bestien nicht zu überbieten. Wie konnten Menschen das nur diesen Einwohnern antun ?! Ich verstehe es bis heute nicht und schäme mich für die Taten meiner damaligen Landsleute. Immer wieder muß ich weinen, wenn ich Videos von diesem schrecklichen Massaker sehe.
Thanks for your very kind feedback Vilhelm. I'm very glad you liked it. My knowledge in french is survival-mode only! So i'd need help with your question.
@@felipedibarrart9853 Yes. The Latin expression ''Requiescat in Pace'', applies to the third person singular form. ''Requiescant in Pace'' would be the plural they form of Latin, as far as I understand. Greetings from Mexico.
I do see changes from when I visited, I was only 8 I think. So that is about 38 years ago. It left a deep impression on me. There are a lot less cars and other metallic objects then I remember, less trees as well. Also remember a fountain or something that had running water that dropped into a stone box of some kind under a tree, haven't seen that either in any recent video. And the old memorial is clearly no longer in use which is rather sad to see.
life stopped in Oradour sur Glane on june 10 th 1944. 642 innocent people were massacred there. remember : that is what fascism looks like and its consequences
Ogni commento è vano al cospetto di tanta efferatezza nei confronti di quelle povere persone che hanno pagato solo per il fatto di trovarsi lì. Possano questi assassini criminali che hanno perpetrato tanta malvagità ardere nelle fiamme dell inferno come hanno fatto a questa povera gente, ma per l eternità! Silenzio, rispetto e preghiera per questo luogo e per queste anime che hanno perso la vita in un modo così atroce.
My father, Emery, was a WW2 paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, 506 PIR. He jumped on D-Day near Carentan and then fought across France, in Bastogne against the SS, and then into Germany. I'm so very proud of how he fought to destroy the wicked Nazis army that destroyed this innocent village.
Thank ypu for sharing Emery's amazing story. I would be very proud to have known anyone that jumped on D-Day. What to say if he was your own father! Best regards.
On my bucket list. It's easy to dismiss the rusted old cars as just piles of rusty metal. But every one of those vehicles served a purpose. They were somebody's work truck or family runabout, and then, one day. They just weren't anymore. and left for all time, right where they stood. Very sad.
As an historic wartime incident, about which great detail has come to light, an entire German Army Detachment has been identified as responsible. This means that Germans alive to day, when asked what their Great Grandfather did in the War, will have to admit to unspeakable acts of atrocity being committed by close family members. It must be very difficult for Germans as a people to think about the War. It is inconceivable that anyone could commit crimes against people in that way ( and yes, I concede that War Crimes have been committed by countries other than Germany too), but had the Germans WON the war, the whole of Europe would have been a totalitarian regime under Nazi rule and Oradour sur Glane would not be commemorated as an atrocity.
@@felipedibarrart9853 It took the Germans a very long time to apologise! Leaving it so long is meaningless, worthless..They are people, without a soul.....
@@danieleparenti7661 .... incl. the maquise rouge with its leader Georges Guingouin in the Tulle area nicknamed ,, petit russie" by the french natives .
И почти никто из участников этой акции не понес заслуженного наказания! Все в лучших традициях того времени! ФРГ не выдала, амнистия, большинство убийц спокойно дожили свой век у себя дома, в комфорте, в окружении своих семей.
Действительно, несколько дней спустя несколько человек были убиты в бою. Всего несколько дней назад Нормандия была восстановлена. Спасибо за ваш комментарий.
On the 9th of June the day before this my grandfather Fabien David was walking to the store to get my mother some milk she was 6 mons old the nazis just happened to be coming down the same road as my grandpa they shot him to death for no reason. My mom never met her dad and I was only told this story from my grandma and great grandpa
Thanks for posting and sharing your personal experience. It's very sad to hear that. I always think of the thousands of untold stories related to WWII that may exist.
your heart must be in your mouth treading in a place of such tragedy. How truly horrifying to realise that out of all those german troops not one of them had the humanity and courage to step forward and say no to committing a war crime and followed the order to gun down and burn innocent people to death.
after i visited this town,i began to learn what led to this horrific event The nazis were in transit to normandy,they were under constant attacks by the french resistance it make them angry,so they picked this village known for the absence of what they called "terrorists" as an exaction it also was said it was a mistake,because there's another town,Oradour sur vayres but no,Oradour sur glane was specifically targeted
Pure evil visited that village that day, it was just 4 days after D-day and the French resistance and British SOE had been ambushing Das Reich as they headed north to engage us in Normandy, they punished that village and the poor people who lived there.
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Bonjour,vous faite une petite erreur A Oradour c'était une unité de la dass Reich, ukrainiee,qui remontée Sur le front de Normandie.. Les plus jeunes avaient 17ans.il y avait 13 soldats alsacien, effectivement Les autres,Alsaciens étaient plutôt sur le front est,avec la division Charlemagne. Merci de votre attention.🙏🏻.
Wasnt this tragic event more to do with the abduction of SS Major/General Kampfe who ended up dead in a pig pen and his truppens inability to find him?
Thanks for your post. Indeed, it was a 642 x 1 retribution, involving women and children. To me, the SS General death is only incidental, given the magnitude of this horrific massacre.
Интересно, существуют ли в современной Франции политики, которые говорят, что уже прошло много лет, зачем лишний раз вспоминать все эти ужасы войны, надо думать о будущем, не за чем прошлое ворошить? Надо понять, простить и забыть?
Four years later, survivors of Nazi barbarism committed a horror as macabre as this one. A few thousand kilometers from here in Deir Yassin. Not only is this massacre is not known but even its remains were razed by bulldozers to build another village and settle a population coming from far away. Thus the village of Deir Yassin does no longer exists, the new village is called Givat Shaul. Another detail, none of the killers went to prison.
My husband and I visited Oradour-Sur-Glane in 2015. Having visited several of the war memorials it was somewhere we felt it was important for us to visit. Nothing prepares you for the atmosphere it still holds. Visiting Oradour had an impact on us that we still talk about often. The honesty and simplicity of the town says more than any purpose built memorial could. Thank you for taking the time to film and share your video.
Thank you Clare for your very kind comment. Indeed, it was an unforgettable experience.
My wife too, only ventured a few steps onto the site, and then had to turn back...It is a very upsetting experience...!
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I visited Biirkenau in Poland walking through the gates my hairs stood up on my body. I would imagine this village does the same. Great video.
Thanks for your kind comment. It was just as you say. Never been to Birkenau though.
Wij zijn hier als gezin enkele jaren geleden geweest.
Zeer aangrijpend.
Het laat me niet meer los.
Bedankt voor deze ingetogen weergave van deze plek.
Hartelijk dank voor uw reactie!
Thank you very much for choosing to share with us Oradour-Sur-Glane. The WWII massacre should never be forgotten. It’s heartbreaking to think how evil we as humans can become to be able to perpetrate such horror. I’m thoroughly enjoying your beautiful travel videos, this video though was very special. Mercy beaucoup.
Ellen, thank you very much for your kind comment. Indeed, it's a very touching place, I will never forget being there. And I'm glad you're enjoying some of the videos!
And here we are, 80 years on, seeing exactly this Slaughter being repeated, again, in a land far away by the very descendants of those who claimed such suffering in this very same conflict.
So much for learning from hands on experience....
Thank you for sharing. Blessings from Australia 21/06/23
Australia is in my bucket's list! Thanks for posting a comment Jennifer.
i feels like time has stopped there. It is still 1944 in this place where hundred of souls are still roaming in agony and pain.
Indeed, thank you for your comment.
They are not in agony or pain anymore…
Thank you for sharing your video, God rest their souls, Huge credit to the French authorities for allowing the village to remain as a monument to show future generations of our evil past!
Indeed. Thanks for your comment.
your video is like a memorial...the silence and your steps...it is well filmed and the emotion grips us. How is it possible to burn 200 children alive?!...by god, how is that possible?.........
I really like the ending scene...this river is like a clearing in the stupidity of men.
thx you !
Thank you for your comment. It's great hearing such a positive feedback. Indeed, it's unbelievable how humans can commit such horrific war crimes.
Thank you Felipe for this video. It’s extremely sad and heartbreaking to see knowing what happened there. Its hard to put into words from someone who has visited many war memorials, this stands out the most. RIP to all those poor souls.
Thank you Rachel for your kind comment. Indeed, it goes beyond words.
I've been to Oradour found it very moving this should never be forgotten thank you for sharing
Thank you Marianne for your kind comment.
Merci, pour votre vidéo,🙏🏻 sobre et respectueuse.
Pour ne jamais oublier, pour les futurs générations..plus jamais ça...
Olivier, merci beaucoup pour votre aimable commentaire.
Truly an act of obscene evil. The ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane serve as a memorial to the victims of this needless massacre. I visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in July 2024 and would like to see Oradour-sur-Glane as well. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for a beautiful and respectful video of such an awful travesty.
Thanks Teresa for your very kind message. Best regards from Chile.
Thank you. Recording this must have been very difficult for you. I found it extremely hard so I can only imagine what it must feel like actually walking through the village and the emotional ties with the stones of the buildings. Once again thank you.
Thank you very much for your kind comment. It is really an unforgettable place to visit.
Merci pour ce reportage plein de simplicité et de silence respectueux. Vos courts écrits résument bien ce qui s'est passé à Oradour. Quelle bonne idée d'avoir filmé votre arrivée dans la campagne et d'avoir terminé cette vidéo avec cette rivière si symbolique. Merci.
Didier, merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire. Je suis heureux que vous ayez trouvé la vidéo bien dans le contexte du drame survenu à Oradour.
Merci Felipe, j’apprécie le format de tes vidéos et le choix de tes visites. J’espère que tu vas continuer
De rien Jonathan! Merci beaucoup pour ton aimable commentaire.
Visited this place 3 years ago. Was very moving. It's like time has stood still. This tragedy is mentioned in opening scene of the epic TV series world at war. Must of been awful for the victims. Very sad.
Indeed. Thanks for your comment Kevin.
Thank u so much for making/posting this video!! For many yrs now I have been extremely interested in WW2...this has ALWAYS been one place I wanted to go to, to see first hand and to pay my respects to all of those innocent victims 😢....and I know I most likely will never have the chance to be able to go there.....so I truly ty so very much for this video!!!💜
Thank you Heather for your very kind comment. A very special place indeed. I hope you'll have the chance to go there, sometimes the unexpected happens!
@@felipedibarrart9853 thank you so very much Hun!! 💜
And u are so right....sometimes the unexpected can happen!!🤞
**But thanks again and best wishes to you!!😊
This video is so respectful and moving.
Thanks for your feedback!
I’ve visited Oradour-sur-Glane twice-first as a young child and then more recently with my family. The town carries a profound heaviness that’s impossible to ignore. My family lived just an hour away, and I vividly remember feeling that weight as we walked through the ruins. Strangely, it was only when we went mushroom hunting in the surrounding woods that the heaviness seemed to lift. The experience stayed with me for decades, haunting me, until I felt compelled to return with my own son.
Thanks for sharing your experience Francois. The surrounding woods also caught my attention after the visit. Regards.
well done! this video is exactly what i was looking for. excellent videography. many thx. new sub.
Thanks for your kind feedback and for subscribing! Best regards.
well , i had the most astonish feeling visiting this place , i didn not expect to fell anything but as i was watching inside a house , a bakery a think, i felt ike being there at that time . I cannot explain in words what i felt, could feel the suffering myself , stared crying whitout control . i cant explain till today what happend.
Thanks Silvio. Indeed, it's an experience that's impossible to describe. Kind regards.
C'est toujours très émouvant. Comment des êtres humains ont pu faire ça à d'autres êtres humains. Quand j'étais petite c'est le silence qui régnait j'y suis retournée il y a quelques temps et le chant des oiseaux était présent une sorte d'apaisement enfin. Dommage que Monsieur Hebras n'ait pas été là cette année pour le 80eme anniversaire et la visite historique en français d'un président allemand.
Merci pour votre commentaire. Je me souviens beaucoup du chant des oiseaux.
Très très difficile à commenter en effet... Ce n'est sans doute pas la meilleure visite que vous avez faite en France ! Très courageux de votre part : MERCI
Malheureusement, il y en a eu d'autres atrocités comme celle-là, notamment aux Lucs-sur-Boulogne en Vendée, pendant la Révolution Française ! Les Républicains ont brûlé tous les habitants (femmes, enfants et hommes) de ce petit village car ils étaient vendéens, catholiques et contre les idées de la terreur (une guerre civile, en somme, car entre français) Souvenirs très douloureux, toutes ces horreurs
Merci beaucoup Marie-Christine pour votre commentaire. Oradour est un endroit inoubliable, le plus "puissant" que j'ai visité en France. J'apprécie votre contribution au sujet historique. Avec honte je me rends compte que j'ignorais la terrible situation des Lucs-sur-Boulogne. Je vais enquêter davantage sur cette période historique. Merci!
Thankyou for an incredible video its very moving.
Thanks Jimmie for your very kind comment
Danke für Ihr Video. Ich hab schon einige gesehen. An Grausamkeit sind die Gräueltaten dieser deutschen Bestien nicht zu überbieten. Wie konnten Menschen das nur diesen Einwohnern antun ?! Ich verstehe es bis heute nicht und schäme mich für die Taten meiner damaligen Landsleute.
Immer wieder muß ich weinen, wenn ich Videos von diesem schrecklichen Massaker sehe.
Vielen Dank für deinen tollen Kommentar. Tatsächlich geht es über das menschliche Verständnis hinaus. Viele Grüße aus Chile.
@@felipedibarrart9853 Vielen Dank und viele Grüße nach Chile.
Never knew that they left it as it was until today. Definitely getting added to my list for when I finally get to do a WWII tour in Europe
Indeed. Not to be missed. Its like going back in time. Thanks for your comment.
thanks for making this video
Thanks for commenting!
Very impressive video. I hope to visit it one day.
Thanks for commenting Charlotte. It's really worth it.
Very touching video. Respectful and inviting to profound reflection. Minute 10:07, shouldn't the Latin read, Requiescant-in-Pace (since it's plural)?
Thanks for your very kind feedback Vilhelm. I'm very glad you liked it. My knowledge in french is survival-mode only! So i'd need help with your question.
@@felipedibarrart9853 Yes. The Latin expression ''Requiescat in Pace'', applies to the third person singular form. ''Requiescant in Pace'' would be the plural they form of Latin, as far as I understand. Greetings from Mexico.
I do see changes from when I visited, I was only 8 I think. So that is about 38 years ago. It left a deep impression on me.
There are a lot less cars and other metallic objects then I remember, less trees as well.
Also remember a fountain or something that had running water that dropped into a stone box of some kind under a tree, haven't seen that either in any recent video.
And the old memorial is clearly no longer in use which is rather sad to see.
Thank you very much for sharing your experience. I was not aware of the existence of an old memorial.
Impresionante vídeo pero muy triste lo que pasó , nuevo seguidor saludos👍
Muchas gracias por el comentario y subscripción. Muy triste en realidad, es un lugar inolvidable.
life stopped in Oradour sur Glane on june 10 th 1944. 642 innocent people were massacred there. remember : that is what fascism looks like and its consequences
Indeed. Thanks Didier for commenting.
Ogni commento è vano al cospetto di tanta efferatezza nei confronti di quelle povere persone che hanno pagato solo per il fatto di trovarsi lì. Possano questi assassini criminali che hanno perpetrato tanta malvagità ardere nelle fiamme dell inferno come hanno fatto a questa povera gente, ma per l eternità! Silenzio, rispetto e preghiera per questo luogo e per queste anime che hanno perso la vita in un modo così atroce.
Grazie per aver condiviso i tuoi pensieri.
Thank You
You are welcome! Thanks for your comment.
My father, Emery, was a WW2 paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, 506 PIR. He jumped on D-Day near Carentan and then fought across France, in Bastogne against the SS, and then into Germany. I'm so very proud of how he fought to destroy the wicked Nazis army that destroyed this innocent village.
Thank ypu for sharing Emery's amazing story. I would be very proud to have known anyone that jumped on D-Day. What to say if he was your own father! Best regards.
I visited many years ago. Very moving experience
Thanks for commenting!
It is said that people who walk through the village can still smell.the fire and burnt wood. The church seems to be haunted.
Thanks Charlotte for commenting. I did not smell anything like that. The perception is a feeling of respect from all the visitors.
RIP
To the 643 French civilians who were murdered by the Waffen-SS under Adolf Diekmann and Heinz Lammerding in the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Thanks for commenting.
On my bucket list. It's easy to dismiss the rusted old cars as just piles of rusty metal. But every one of those vehicles served a purpose. They were somebody's work truck or family runabout, and then, one day. They just weren't anymore. and left for all time, right where they stood. Very sad.
Cery sad indeed. Thank you for your comment.
As an historic wartime incident, about which great detail has come to light, an entire German Army Detachment has been identified as responsible. This means that Germans alive to day, when asked what their Great Grandfather did in the War, will have to admit to unspeakable acts of atrocity being committed by close family members.
It must be very difficult for Germans as a people to think about the War. It is inconceivable that anyone could commit crimes against people in that way ( and yes, I concede that War Crimes have been committed by countries other than Germany too), but had the Germans WON the war, the whole of Europe would have been a totalitarian regime under Nazi rule and Oradour sur Glane would not be commemorated as an atrocity.
Thanks for your comment.
Whent 20 years ago and I had tears and a lump in my throat it's very sad
Thanks for your comment Brian. Indeed, a very emotional place to visit.
Has Germany ever apologised for this deliberate atrocity? These were unarmed innocents. A tragedy.
In 2013, German Pesident Gauck became the first German head of state to visit the village of Oradour-sur-Glane. Thanks for your comment.
@@felipedibarrart9853 It took the Germans a very long time to apologise! Leaving it so long is meaningless, worthless..They are people, without a soul.....
The fact is that, moreover, hardly anyone has ever payd for what they have done!
@@danieleparenti7661 .... incl. the maquise rouge with its leader Georges Guingouin in the Tulle area nicknamed ,, petit russie" by the french natives .
И почти никто из участников этой акции не понес заслуженного наказания! Все в лучших традициях того времени! ФРГ не выдала, амнистия, большинство убийц спокойно дожили свой век у себя дома, в комфорте, в окружении своих семей.
Действительно, несколько дней спустя несколько человек были убиты в бою. Всего несколько дней назад Нормандия была восстановлена. Спасибо за ваш комментарий.
Looking at this and seeing where we stand today, it seems that we never learn from history
You are absolutely right. Thanks for commenting.
Seemed like a quaint little quiet town. This was a sad story.
Indeed. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
I visited Oradour as German Soldier..2015.
Thanks for your comment
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great video
my dad got shot in head in dunkirk, thankfully for me he survived he loved france as i do
never forgotten and one place i shall visit
Thanks!
What an amazing and touching experience. Thanks for sharing.
I highly reommend it. It's an unforgettable experience.
On the 9th of June the day before this my grandfather Fabien David was walking to the store to get my mother some milk she was 6 mons old the nazis just happened to be coming down the same road as my grandpa they shot him to death for no reason. My mom never met her dad and I was only told this story from my grandma and great grandpa
Thanks for posting and sharing your personal experience. It's very sad to hear that. I always think of the thousands of untold stories related to WWII that may exist.
your heart must be in your mouth treading in a place of such tragedy. How truly horrifying to realise that out of all those german troops not one of them had the humanity and courage to step forward and say no to committing a war crime and followed the order to gun down and burn innocent people to death.
Indeed, in fact most of the killes were not brought to proper justice. Thanks for your comment.
after i visited this town,i began to learn what led to this horrific event
The nazis were in transit to normandy,they were under constant attacks by the french resistance
it make them angry,so they picked this village known for the absence of what they called "terrorists" as an exaction
it also was said it was a mistake,because there's another town,Oradour sur vayres
but no,Oradour sur glane was specifically targeted
Very interesting comment. Thanks for sharing!
I remember my visit so sad and a reminder of mans inhumanity to man
Thanks for your comment
Грустно. Понимаем, каково это. С небольшой поправкой - в СССР они сожгли тысячи деревень
Большое спасибо за ваш комментарий
En tant que français 🇫🇷🙏🏻j'ai une pensée,pour les milliers de Oradour
Incendiés dans lex URSS 🙏..et ses victimes de la barbarie.. Merci..
Pure evil visited that village that day, it was just 4 days after D-day and the French resistance and British SOE had been ambushing Das Reich as they headed north to engage us in Normandy, they punished that village and the poor people who lived there.
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Τα ίδια έκαναν και στην Ελλάδα 🇬🇷....καλαβρυτα και τόσα άλλα χωριά...δυστυχώς η Γερμανία ακόμα ταλαιπωρεί με άλλους τρόπους όλον τον κόσμο...dna doesn't change ....😢
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The bullet holes in the WWI memorial was symbolic. If you think history doesn’t repeat itself, think again.
You are absolutely right. Thanks for your comment.
Acının katliamın trajedinin dini dili ırkı olmaz kim insanlığa suç işlerse onu şiddetle kınıyorum Zalimler için yaşasın cehennem
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During the war crime trial.most of german troop carry out the killing were from alsace.
I was not aware of that. Thank you for commenting.
Bonjour,vous faite une petite erreur
A Oradour c'était une unité de la dass Reich, ukrainiee,qui remontée
Sur le front de Normandie..
Les plus jeunes avaient 17ans.il y avait 13 soldats alsacien, effectivement
Les autres,Alsaciens étaient plutôt sur le front est,avec la division Charlemagne.
Merci de votre attention.🙏🏻.
Eerie surreal
Absolutely. Thank you for commenting.
Wasnt this tragic event more to do with the abduction of SS Major/General Kampfe who ended up dead in a pig pen and his truppens inability to find him?
Thanks for your post. Indeed, it was a 642 x 1 retribution, involving women and children. To me, the SS General death is only incidental, given the magnitude of this horrific massacre.
Very sad .
Indeed. Thanks for commenting.
The last survivor died in February 2023.
Indeed. Robert Hébras, he was 97. He was around 19 at the time of the massacre. Thanks for your comment.
Интересно, существуют ли в современной Франции политики, которые говорят, что уже прошло много лет, зачем лишний раз вспоминать все эти ужасы войны, надо думать о будущем, не за чем прошлое ворошить? Надо понять, простить и забыть?
Хороший вопрос, спасибо, что поделились своими мыслями.
So sad
Indeed. Thanks for watching.
Just watching this video is so haunting, it was an abominable act.
Indeed it was. Thanks for commenting.
Four years later, survivors of Nazi barbarism committed a horror as macabre as this one. A few thousand kilometers from here in Deir Yassin.
Not only is this massacre is not known but even its remains were razed by bulldozers to build another village and settle a population coming from far away. Thus the village of Deir Yassin does no longer exists, the new village is called Givat Shaul.
Another detail, none of the killers went to prison.
Indeed, more than one hundred Palestinian villagers, including women and children were killed. Thank you for your insight.
This would be an ideal place to try Putin for his war crimes.
Veuillez respecter svp,la mémoire
Des martyrs d'Oradour,,ce n'est pas le lieu pour faire des commentaires politiques.merci .
@@olivierhaussaire2590 Bien sur. Pardon.
@@davidbradshaw3107 merci pour votre compréhension 🙏.