Day 47 Monday 5th July
Oradour-sur-Glane today! The martyrs village, where 642 villagers were rounded up by the Nazis and then slaughtered. The village was burnt and it has now been left as a monument and a reminder of the horrors of war. “He who does not know history will often repeat history.” It is truly an eerie place. The women and children were ushered into the church and there, were shot and burnt. A place we will not forget for a long time.
We later set off for St Junien. Shop, email, blog and an Aire on our list. We actually ended up in St Laurent-sur-Gorre – a small village south of St Junien, on the banksof a river. Very pretty. We noticed as we drove into the village that the streets were littered with life size rag-dolls dressed in different costumes.
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