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Photos - France - St Sylvestre
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We were looking for a site near a French village that has been un-changed since the second World War. Unfortunately St Sylvestre is the only close site; nice people, rubbish site.
Anyway, we were here for one reason only. The population of Oradour-sur-Glane were massacred on the 10th June 1944; 642 men, women and children were killed by the SS in a few hours. The village has been left in its condition as a reminder to all of the horrors of war. We felt it was important for the children to see it.
Very small pitch
Entrance to the museum
The children were fascinated
The village Hotel
Just left as they were
The entrance to the village green. The doctors car has been left where
it was parked on the 10th June 1944
Then and now
60 years back in time
The village garage
The area where the villagers were rounded up
It was very spooky
Everything was burnt by the Germans
Bullet holes in the church where the women and children were killed
The village car park
After all that history, they needed a run in the fields
While we were at this site, it was fathers day
My fathers day breakfast and presents
The gardens in Limoges
and the porcelain museum.
Following Oradour-sur-Glane we needed to go somewhere more cheerfull....
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