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 Posted: 14:19 - 15 May 2013  Post subject: Ridelimousin Tour - Oradour and Lac Saint Pardoux |
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Great weather here at Ridelimousin at the moment, time to test some new touring routes.
This tour takes in a fascinating place called Oradour sur Glane, a village that was massacred by the Nazis (where they basically went in one day and murdered all the residents) and the village has since been preserved as it was left that day.
At the outskirts of the burnt out village:
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/bikesatoradour_zpsc38d9d0c.jpg
You can walk around the whole village, its quite a spooky and sobering place...
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/oradour_zps48c09006.jpg
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/oradour1_zpsed9a9721.jpg
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https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/oradour3_zps03154d84.jpg
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/oradour4_zps806ad014.jpg
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| Quote: | On 10 June, Diekmann's battalion sealed off Oradour-sur-Glane, having confused it with nearby Oradour-sur-Vayres, and ordered all the townspeople – and anyone who happened to be in or near the town – to assemble in the village square, ostensibly, to have their identity papers examined. In addition to the residents of the village, the SS also apprehended six people who did not live there but had the misfortune to be riding their bikes through the village when the Germans arrived.
All the women and children were locked in the church while the village was looted. Meanwhile, the men were led to six barns and sheds where machine guns were already in place.
According to the account of a survivor, the soldiers began shooting at them, aiming for their legs so that they would die slowly. Once the victims were no longer able to move, the soldiers covered their bodies with fuel and set the barns on fire. Only six men escaped; one of them was later seen walking down a road heading for the cemetery and was shot dead. In all, 190 men perished.
The soldiers proceeded to the church and placed an incendiary device there. After it was ignited, women and children tried to escape through the doors and windows of the church, but they were met with machine-gun fire. A total of 247 women and 205 children died in the carnage. Only two women and one child survived; one was 47-year-old Marguerite Rouffanche. She slid out by a rear sacristy window, followed by a young woman and child.[3] All three were shot; Marguerite Rouffanche was wounded and her companions were killed. She crawled to some pea bushes behind the church, where she remained hidden overnight until she was rescued the following morning. Another group of about twenty villagers had fled Oradour-sur-Glane as soon as the soldiers had appeared. That night, the village was partially razed.
A few days later, survivors were allowed to bury the dead. 642 inhabitants of Oradour-sur-Glane had been murdered in a matter of hours. Adolf Diekmann claimed that the episode was a just retaliation for partisan activity in nearby Tulle and the kidnapping of Helmut Kämpfe. |
A picturesque church on the way to Lac Saint Pardoux....
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/Church_zpsaac978c7.jpg
A couple of shots on the banks of the lake, this lake is vast and a great place to stop for a cold drink.
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/lacStPardouxfaraway_zps7e9f7fec.jpg
https://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e172/mrteee/Oradour%20Tour/lacStPardoux_zpsad957231.jpg
This tour is a good one if you're interested in history and great scenery, although the roads we have chosen along the way are pretty good too!
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 Love it, few years back i went touring round alot of France with my brother and dad in our camper van. I'm really interested in WW2 sites and we visited alot, but haven't heard of this place! Will have to come and visit it sometime 
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Is that your bikes in the photo's?
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Why do you still use UK reg bikes when living in France?
Do you bring them back every 90 days or have a policy in france/uk that allows longer than 90 days outside the uk?
What about your licence, I was of the belief that you had to exchange your licence if living in the country for over 6 months?
Not digging, genuine interest.
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