Martyred Village: Commemorating the 1944 Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

333 Pages·1999·3.46 MB·English

by  Sarah Farmer

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title: Martyred Village : Commemorating the 1944 Massacre At
Oradour-sur-Glane
author: Farmer, Sarah Bennett.
publisher: University of California Press
isbn10 | asin: 0520211863
print isbn13: 9780520211865
ebook isbn13: 9780585283517
language: English
subject Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre, 1944, World War, 1939-
1945--Atrocities, Massacres--France--Oradour-sur-Glane,
Oradour-sur-Glane (France)--History.
publication date: 1999
lcc: D804.G4F2913 1999eb
ddc: 940.54/05/094466
subject: Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre, 1944, World War, 1939-
1945--Atrocities, Massacres--France--Oradour-sur-Glane,
Oradour-sur-Glane (France)--History.
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Martyred Village
Commemorating the 1944 Massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane
Sarah Farmer

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Disclaimer:
Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 1999 by
The Regents of the University of California
This work has appeared in different form as Oradour: Arrêt sur mémoire, © 1994 by Editions Calmann-Lévy.
Parts of chapter 2 have appeared in French Historical Studies 14, no. 1 (Spring 1985). Parts of Chapter 4 have
appeared in French Historical Studies 19, no. 1 (Spring 1995), © 1995 by Duke University Press; Parolechiave 9
(1995), © 1995 Donzelli editore; Eikon 14/15 (1995) © 1995 Turia and Kant Verlag.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Farmer, Sarah Bennett.
Martyred village: commemorating the 1944 massacre
at Oradour-sur-Glane / Sarah Farmer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-21186-3
1. Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre, 1944. 2. World War,
19391945Atrocities. 3. MassacresFrance
Oradour-sur-Glane. 4. Oradour-sur-Glane (France)
History. I. Title.
D804.G4F2913 1999
940.54´05´094466dc21 98-29646
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for
Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.481984.

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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1
Chapter One
The Massacre 13
Chapter Two
Framing the Story 29
Chapter Three
Creating the Monument 59

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Chapter Four
The Memorial Landscape 99
Chapter Five
The Bordeaux Trial 135
Chapter Six
The New Town 171
Afterword 207
Notes 215
Bibliography 265
Photo Credits 283
Index 285

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Illustrations
Endpapers. Map of the ruins of Oradour, indicating key sites of the massacre of 10
June 1944.
Frontispiece. Pocket watches found in the ruins and displayed in the crypt at
Oradour.
1. Postcard views of Oradour-sur-Glane between the wars. 15
2. Members of a local musical society. 17
3. Aerial view of the ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane. 26
4. Oradour-sur-Glane, November 1944. 68
5. Mourner at the entrance to the church at Oradour-sur-Glane, November 1944. 74
6. Survivors of the massacre, March 1945. 84
7. President Charles de Gaulle at the cemetery of Oradour, March 1945. 86
8. Postage stamp issued in 1945. 90
9. Children at the altar of the old church, 10 June 1994. 107

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10. Visitors to the church in the old town. 107
11. Ossuary for the ashes of massacre victims. 109
12. Plaques listing names and ages of those who died in the massacre. 111
13 Commemorative plaques at Oradour cemetery. 111
14. Cortege at a well where victims were found, 10 June 1994. 116
15. Madame Rouffanche, sole survivor of the burning of the church, with President
Vincent Auriol, 10 June 1947. 154
16. Street demonstration in Strasbourg, protesting the verdict of the Bordeaux trial,
February 1953. 160
17. Strasbourg World War I monument veiled in protest, February 1953. 161
18. Postcard of Oradour, showing the old and new towns. 177
19. Amélie Lebraud with her mother at their home in the new town. 183
20. The town hall in the new Oradour. 188
21. The avenue du 10 Juin in the new town. 188
22. The "car of Dr. Desourteaux" on the marketplace. 202
23. The real car of Dr. Desourteaux, next to the garden wall of his former house. 203
24. The ruins of Oradour, preserved as a historic monument. 204

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Abbreviations
ADEIF Association des Evadés et Incorporés de Force
ADHV Archives Départementales de la Haute-Vienne
ADP Archives de la Direction du Patrimoine
AN Archives Nationales
ANFM Association Nationale des Familles des Martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane
FFI Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur
FTPF Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français
GPRF Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Française
IHTP Institut d'Histoire du Temps Présent
MRP Mouvement Républicain Populaire
MUR Mouvements Unis de la Résistance
PCF Parti Communiste Français

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RPF Rassemblement du Peuple Français
SFIO Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière
STO Service du Travail Obligatoire

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