ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE______________________________________________

MARTYRED VILLAGE

FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.

HAUTE-VIENNE, FRANCE

- 06/10/1944- WWII- 642- SS SOLDIERS

- 06/10/1944- WWII- 642- SS SOLDIERS

“I ask that justice be done with God’s help. I came out alive from the crematory oven; I am the sacred witness from the church. I am a mother who has lost everything.”

- Madame Marguerite Rouffanche [1953, Testimony]

Adolf Diekmann[1914-1944]Sturmbannfuhrer-SSCommander of the battalion of the regiment of the Fuhrer of the Reich’s SS responsible for the Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane

Sylvester Stadler[1910-1995]- SS-Brigadefuhrer- General Major of the Waffen SS- Commander of the 2nd SS Division Das Reich

Helmut Kampfe[1909-1944]- Sturmbannfuhrer Major of the Waffen-SS- Commander of the III. Battalion, 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Der Fuhrer, 2nd Division Das Reich

Karl Gerlach[1914-?]Ordnance Officer for Der FuhrerKidnapped by the French Resistance

9th of June

Helmut Kampfe-kidnapped & killed by the French Resistance-threw his personal papers out of the vehicle as a clue that was handed to Sylvester Stadler

Karl Gerlach -& his driver were kidnapped buy the French Resistance-he was able to escape and made his way back to Limoges to report to Stadler what happened

10th of June

Adolf Diekmann-travelled from his temporary headquarters at St. Junien to attend a meeting called by Stadler in Limoges- received a news from Milice of an unnamed captured German Officer being held at Oradour-Sur-Glane

Gerlach was not taken to Oradour-sur-Glane, but Oradour-sur-Vayres, about 35 miles away to the south. The two villages are very similar in appearance and it would be easy for him to get them confused. More recent evidence suggests that he may have been taken to Peyrilhac and seen a signpost giving him the impression that he was in Oradour-sur-Glane.

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ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE: THE NAZI MASSACRE VILLAGE

Source: Oradour-Sur-Glane 10th June 1944

(http://www.oradour.info/)

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FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.

COPEHILL DOWN______________________________________________

MOCK-UP VILLAGE

FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.

-SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE ENGLAND-1988-Was built to look like a German Village in Bavaria

COPEHILL DOWN

FIGHTING IN BUILT-UP AREAS//FIBUA//

ST. JUDES CHURCHThe center of the village.

The Cold War was in full swing.  Although Gorbachev had announced Perstroika and Reagan had openly invited him in a Berlin speech to tear down this wall, the Soviet Union was still perceived by NATO to be the single greatest threat to world security.  It was highly anticipated that if the Warsaw Pact nations invaded, it would be through Germany.

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 The year after Copehill Down was built Poland saw its first non-Communist leader since the Second World War ended. 

 The village now is used to test new technology to support ground troops in urban areas and remained an important training facility. Even airsoft battle are held.

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COPEHILL DOWN : A RELIC OF THE COLDWAR

Source:Copehill Down – Sleepy English Village With A Difference. 2013.

Retrieved Jan. 1, 2015, fromhttp://www.kuriositas.com/2013/08/copehill-down-sleepy-english-

village.html

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FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.