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A sad story lies beneath the remains of this sorry looking city. It all started during World War 2, when informants told German troops that one of their officers was being held hostage here.
This turned into a massacre where disturbing events took place, such as children and women were taken to the church and burned alive. The men were shot in the legs and left to die in a barn.
Amazingly a few men and women did actually manage to escape. As you can see in the picture above no one could possibly return - and who would want to?
The city has been left to stand as a memorial and landmark to the people that died on that tragic day. The commune of Oradour however was relocated to a nearby area.
4 comments:
There is a tragic beauty to the scene.
That is a very beautiful image, with modern ruins - I was definitely intrigued to come and see the "abandoned town." But the story behind it is really horrible and tragic. It is good that they chose to let the town remain as a memorial.
beautiful picture, but very disturbing story behind it!
I visited Oradour about 18 months ago for the first time, in spite of living not so far away. Your picture is one of the classic pictures of the site but for me the most moving were the plaques all over the place: "Here, a place of torture. A group of men was massacred and burnt by the Nazis. Think."
They make considerable effort to maintain the place just as it was left. They keep the ruins from deteriorating any further.
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