{"product_id":"9780750999670-silent-village","title":"Silent Village","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife and Death in Occupied France\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe definitive history of Oradour-sur-Glane, a village ripped apart by tragedy in Nazi-occupied France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Based on eye-witness accounts, Robert Pike’s moving book vividly depicts the lives of the villagers who were caught up in the tragedy of Oradour-sur-Glane and brings their experiences to our attention for the first time.' \u003c\/strong\u003e- Hanna Diamond, author of \u003cem\u003eFleeing Hitler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn 10 June 1944, four days after Allied forces landed in Normandy, the picturesque village of Oradour-sur-Glane in the rural heart of France was destroyed by an armoured SS Panzer division.\u003c\/strong\u003e Six hundred and forty-three men, women and children were murdered in the nation’s worst wartime atrocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Oradour is remembered as a ‘martyred village’ and its ruins are preserved, but the stories of its inhabitants lie buried under the rubble of the intervening decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilent Village\u003c\/em\u003e gathers the powerful testimonies of survivors in the first account of Oradour as it was both before the tragedy and in its aftermath. A lost way of life is vividly recollected in this unique insight into the traditions, loves and rivalries of a typical village in occupied France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy this peaceful community was chosen for extermination has remained a mystery. Putting aside contemporary hearsay, Nazi rhetoric and revisionist theories, in this updated third edition Robert Pike returns to the archival evidence to narrate the tragedy as it truly happened – and give voice to the anguish of those left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943434858593,"sku":"9780750999670","price":19.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30141026.jpg?v=1726732835","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780750999670-silent-village","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}