Out of nowhere the jackboots came marching into Oradour with vengeance in their hearts but the villagers were innocents in the battle of resistance. The pleas and cries were ignored as they were rounded up and slaughtered, some herded together in the church and set alight as the bell tolled.
Job done, the cruel soldiers moved on leaving the buildings smouldering and in ruins. Only four survived.
The President declared that the horror site be preserved as a permanent reminder of the inhumanity. There is an startling silence as people wander in the abandonment wondering how it happened. Very eerie.
Christopher almost 3 years ago
I had never heard of this so I looked it up. Horrifying. Very well written. And thanks for championing the memory of those people. Now there's one more person who'll remember them thanks to this drabble.
Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago
Me too, Brian, I'd not heard of this dreadful savagery, but now, having researched it, I know. A very moving drabble about a very brutal massacre.
Frenchie almost 3 years ago
When I was still living in France, I visited Oradour-sur-Glanes. I was a child then and I did not really understood the horror of it. Many, many years later, I find that this was exactly as you describe it. Eerie, spooky. I do not know what it is, if it the silence or if there are ghosts that keep it alive but if gives you goosepimples. Thank you for a beautiful drabble.
(I wish the world would remember a little more pas wars so that no more wars occur.)
VerityAlways over 2 years ago
The massacre is a real horror, didn't know about this one.
Thanks for sharing!!