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Cardiff University PhD research. Silent Village: Life and Death in Occupied France’ about Oradour-sur-Glane April 2021 ‘Defying Vichy' out now. Views my own.
Jun 10, 2022 8 tweets 4 min read
On 10 June 1944, 78 years ago today, 643 lives were cut short in the small French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, near the city of Limoges. Thread 1/8 #oradour #France #Frenchhistory #oradoursurglane The focus today should not be on the SS division responsible, but it should be on the men, women and children who lost their lives. 2/8