ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE : VISION D'ÉPOUVANTE / Guy Pauchou, Pierre Masfrand. (ID: 32009)
Authorship or Source:
- Pauchou, Guy.
- Masfrand, Pierre.
- d'Oradour-sur-Glane., Association Nationale des Familles des Martyrs
Year:
1952
Title or Main Description:
ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE : VISION D'ÉPOUVANTE / Guy Pauchou, Pierre Masfrand.
Place Published or Holding Institution:
Limoges: Comite du Souvenir et L'Association Nationale des Familles des Martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane
Description:
- 206 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Number of Names or Other Entries-- 642 Names.
Edition:
4e ed.
Type of Work:
Book
Alternate or Series Title:
Oradour-sur-Glane : vision d'epouvante.
ISBN or ISSN:
None
Museum or Other Institution Holdings:
- USHMM Library: Rare Books D804 .G4 P33 1952
- [Missing from Library Collection as of 14 Oct. 1999 -kh]
Provenance:
Information for the name list and history was gathered from testimonials by survivors and relatives, specifically l'Association Nationale des Familles des Martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane, and local government documents.
Keywords:
- Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre, 1944 --Registers.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Atrocities --France --Oradour-sur-Glane --Registers.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Registers of dead --France --Oradour-sur-Glane.
- World War, 1939-1945 --Destruction and pillage --France --Oradour-sur-Glane.
- Oradour-sur-Glane (France) --History
Abstract:
- 1952 edition of a memorial publication concerning the (non-Jewish) French community of Oradour-sur-Glane. On June 10, 1944, in reprisal for local French partisan activities, the SS-Panzer Division "Das Reich" surrounded this village and then ordered everyone in the town, 652 persons, to assemble in the town square. Once there, they were told by the Nazi commandant that they were suspected of hiding explosives and as a result there would be a search and a check of identity papers. The entire population was then locked up, the men in barns, women and children in the church. The Nazis then set fire to the entire village and began shooting the villagers with machine guns, then set the barns and the church on fire, burning the men, women and children alive, and shooting anyone who survived. A total of 642 townspeople -- 245 women, 207 children, and 190 men were massacred.
- The book contains an alphabetical register of the victims of the massacre (p. 152-201). Entries include last name, first name, maiden name where relevant, profession, date and place of birth, and last known residence.
Language and Other Notes:
- Text in French.
- "Ouvrage officiel du Comite du Souvenir et de l'Association nationale des familles des martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane"--T.p.
- Maps tipped in before table of contents at the end.
- Alphabetical table of the victims of the massacre (p. 152-201).
- Available in English translation as: Oradour-sur-Glane : a vision of horror (Limoges : Sanufic Couleur, 1997).
Resource Center Cataloging Notes:
- PRECATALOGED: USHMM Library Survey, August 1999
- Further analysis to follow. -wcc
- Neither Registry Accession nor Document file prepared.