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Oradour: The Death of a village (Battleground Europe) (Paperback)

by Philip Beck (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd (30 May 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 184415100X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844151004
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 13.4 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 66,553 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The destruction of the French village of Oradour and the massacre of its population in June 1944 by the SS Das Reich Division ranks as one of the most notorious atrocities of the Second World War. The scars that were left will never fully heal and there are those that would argue that they should remain as a lesson to future generations. The ruins of the village have been preserved as a memorial to the victims and a new museum has recently been opened by President Chirac. Philip Beck, an Englishman long resident in the area, is very probably the greatest living authority on this appalling event. He has now updated and substantially revised his earlier book and the result makes compelling yet shocking reading.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The jury is still out, but what happened is undeniable, 14 Feb 2005
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An absorbing, and occasionally horrifying, account of one of the darkest chapters in the history of the 2nd World War, charting the events of 10th June 1944, the aftermath of the massacre, the subsequent trial and the debate about maintaining the ruins into the 21st century. The question "Why Oradour?" remains unanswered to this day, and author Philip Beck makes no attempt to draw any irrefutable conclusions, merely providing plenty of circumstantial evidence regarding the choice of this sleepy Limousin village as the scene for a bloodbath. A chilling account of the movements of and atrocities committed by the SS in the days prior to their arrival in Oradour, as well as the ambushes inflicted on them by the French resistance, give some insight into what might have prompted such an appalling act of calculated cruelty, but beyond the known facts, which are chronicled in commendably thorough detail, the reader is left to consider several theories in an attempt to explain the last terrible hours of Oradour's existence. My only complaints are the very variable quality of the photographs, some of which are indeed very graphic, with others clearly downloaded from the internet, and an annoyingly high number of spelling and printing errors. Otherwise this is an eminently readable, if uncompromising, retelling of an infamous testament to the evil of which the human race is capable.
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