Massacre at Oradour, France, 1944 - Coming to Terms with Terror : Coming to Terms with Terror

Introduction ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE AND THE DEGENERATION OF WAR by Jay Winter vii Translators' Note by David Sices and James B. Atkinson xiv Maps xvi 1 WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE MASSACRE? 3(13) Can Ruins Speak? 3(2) "Oradour Is a Complicated Business..." 5(5) Seven Publications...and a Few Others 10(2) The Archives Are Opened 12(4) 2 THE WAR CULTURE OF THE WAFFEN SS 16(17) Berlin, 1933 16(1) Bavaria: Joining the SS 17(6) The "Brutal" War in the East 23(5) The War in the East for the Das Reich Division 28(5) 3 THE SS DAS REICH DIVISION IN FRANCE 33(9) Preparing for the "Invasion" 33(2) Drafting Frenchmen from Annexed Alsace 35(3) "Segregating" the Resistance: The "Bands" 38(4) 4 A HOT SPOT: THE MASSIF CENTRAL 42(25) The Situation Deteriorates 42(6) The Attack on the Town of Tulle 48(2) The Waffen SS in Limoges 50(3) Harassment and Repression 53(5) Preparations for a "Brutal Operation" 58(6) The Waffen SS Butchers Leave for Oradour 64(3) 5 WAS ORADOUR JUST AN ORDINARY VILLAGE? 67(35) "It Is a Verdant Hollow by a Murmuring Stream" 67(5) Economy and Politics in the Village 72(6) The Refugees 78(5) Interventions by Vichy 83(8) Food Supplies, the "Gray Market," and the Black Market 91(3) Changing Opinions and Behavior 94(2) There Were No Maquis 96(3) Just an Ordinary Village 99(1) The Population of Oradour in June 1944 100(2) 6 ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE 102(48) Surprise Attack 102(2) Surrounding the Village 104(3) A Roundup without Exceptions 107(6) Waiting on the Fairgrounds: The Demand for Hostages 113(2) Separation 115(2) The Men Are Kept Waiting in the Square 117(2) Execution of the Men in Enclosed Areas 119(4) Pillaging, Arson, and Butchery in the Streets 123(4) The Massacre in the Church 127(6) The Survivors' Flight 133(1) The Horrifying Discovery of the Town on Fire 134(3) Some of the Troops Leave 137(2) Night in the Devastated Town 139(1) Searching for the Missing 140(4) Corpses Desecrated 144(1) Silence Concerning Acts of Sexual Violence 145(2) The Waffen SS Troops after the Massacre 147(3) 7 THE VICTIMS 150(29) Counting the Dead 150(3) The Escapees 153(2) Burying the Dead 155(3) The Process of Memorialization 158(15) Commemorating 173(6) 8 CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS 179(25) The Accounts Given by the Perpetrators 179(5) The Instrumentalization of Oradour 184(4) The Inaudible Account of Justice 188(6) Amnesty, the Memory of the Forced Draftees 194(2) Oradour's Own Account, a Collective Memory? 196(3) Why? 199(5) 9 SOUVIENS-TOI-REMEMBER 204(3) Afterword ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, JULY 16, 1999-Opening Ceremony 207(6) Glossary of Abbreviations and Foreign Terms 213(4) Notes 217(36) Bibliography 253(7) Index 260(10) The Author 270