tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post896951460064947316..comments2023-10-19T18:44:22.548-07:00Comments on Helsie's Happenings: ORADOUR-SUR-GLANEHelsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-43812333244393297012017-06-27T16:44:58.141-07:002017-06-27T16:44:58.141-07:00One visit is enough for me Graham but it is a powe...One visit is enough for me Graham but it is a powerful memorial that's for sure.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-75218886998949303202017-06-07T11:23:23.164-07:002017-06-07T11:23:23.164-07:00Helsie I found this accidentally because I saw Sar...Helsie I found this accidentally because I saw Sarlat in your sidebar and, loving that place, clicked on it and arrived here. I have visited Oradur a number of times (and have blogged about it too) although the first time was by far the most harrowing. If ever there was a place to remind us of man's inhumanity to man in the form of a memorial we can all experience still, this is it. Of course there have been many worse atrocities and there are many more memorials but the power of this one has to be experienced to be understood.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-50107893735441427792015-10-26T12:00:41.601-07:002015-10-26T12:00:41.601-07:00Such a harrowing story, but still so real and impo...Such a harrowing story, but still so real and important. The photos are wonderful.Thanks for sharing in such a sensitive and interesting post. Ros xsnoopydogknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471735246770038610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-73714721781062804232015-10-23T15:45:37.976-07:002015-10-23T15:45:37.976-07:00Exactly Lee !Exactly Lee !Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-68503982713524829732015-10-23T15:44:25.011-07:002015-10-23T15:44:25.011-07:00It's an awful story Lorrie.....and a very good...It's an awful story Lorrie.....and a very good memorial.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-69361986514814165502015-10-23T15:43:28.059-07:002015-10-23T15:43:28.059-07:00It was very moving Carol.It was very moving Carol.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-45347521693330662042015-10-23T15:43:03.676-07:002015-10-23T15:43:03.676-07:00I found it quite eerie Jane but I was expecting th...I found it quite eerie Jane but I was expecting that A tragic place in a lovely part of the world.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-64416266179899081982015-10-23T15:41:28.676-07:002015-10-23T15:41:28.676-07:00A wonderful War Memorial that really gets you thin...A wonderful War Memorial that really gets you thinking.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-39236509531709144642015-10-22T14:21:48.936-07:002015-10-22T14:21:48.936-07:00Such a disturbing, distressing heartbreaking story...Such a disturbing, distressing heartbreaking story ...another horrific example of man's callous inhumanity to man. Humans never learn...they never will. How very, very sad...It's difficult to express, here, how I feel...but I'm sure you understand....<br /><br />I can hear, sense the silence as you drove away. I know I would've been in tears if I wandered through the remains of what was once people's lives. <br /><br />Back in the 80s I visited Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery with a group of people with whom I was attending a trade seminar, and none of us could speak. A cloud of silence descended. It engulfed us one and all. We each drifted off, alone with our own thoughts and emotions. I've never forgotten that moment. <br /><br />From there we went up to the start of the Kokoda Trail......<br /><br />As heartbreaking as it is....stories like the one you've just told here about what happened at Oradour-sur-Glane should never be hidden away. They must be shown and told over and over again to future generations...throughout the world. Maybe...just maybe...one day humans will wake up to themselves...start respecting each other...maybe...one day....<br /><br />Lest We Forget....Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-61025293335831941222015-10-22T08:25:05.044-07:002015-10-22T08:25:05.044-07:00What a chilling reminder of the horrors of war and...What a chilling reminder of the horrors of war and how terribly humans can treat others. I wonder if those Nazi soldiers had nightmares in years to come. I certainly hope so. Let us never forget.Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-78800928484452806082015-10-22T06:36:50.457-07:002015-10-22T06:36:50.457-07:00Oh Helen, no wonder you had to reflect on this pos...Oh Helen, no wonder you had to reflect on this post. How sobering to see that village. How sad.carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-79209780408923091882015-10-22T01:39:15.360-07:002015-10-22T01:39:15.360-07:00When we lived in France we could see Oradour sur G...When we lived in France we could see Oradour sur Glane from our house about 8 km away and we visited it often when friends came to stay. I was always expecting it to be a melancholy somewhat ghostly place but in fact I didn't find it so even though what happened there was so dreadful. I was taken more with the kind of lives that had been lived there with all those ladies busy on their sewing machines and the number of hairdressers and cafes etc. It must have been a prosperous little town and on a hot summer's day I could hear not the screams of those who suffered in the atrocity so much as the happy cries of the children who playing on the green whilst their mothers shopped and chatted with their friends.. Odd but then I am odd as you know and maybe it was because to think of the day when the slaughter took place was impossible for me to comprehend. How one human being could do such a thing to another is beyond comprehension and perhaps for me the town stood as a reminder of what can happen when evil takes over but also of hope that it will never happen again. The most moving part for me was the little museum with the remains of the possessions such as glasses and toys etc which were saved from the ensuing inferno. I couldn't imagine what the young menfolk felt when they returned from their work in Limoges to discover that their lives had changed for ever like that. I am not sure what Oradour means though some say it comes from oratio (latin) and means a place of speech or prayer but sur Glane means on the river Glane and there are several other Oradours in France.Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-4644452035519311572015-10-21T23:42:18.832-07:002015-10-21T23:42:18.832-07:00Thank you for sharing this Helen. I can see why yo...Thank you for sharing this Helen. I can see why you were very quiet as you left the place.<br />I wonder what Oradour-sur-Glane means. Possibly - "The Dark Heart of Humankind". And it happened such a short time ago. May they rest in peace.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com