Oradour-sur-Glane, - the village of martyrs ................. part 2

Oradour is a sad and sombre place, with very little about it which could be considered to be uplifting in any way. Unless you subscribe to the idea that it is in remembering the atrocities of the past, that we steer a different course in the future.

If this is true, then the massacres in Bosnia, Libya and Syria, alongside countless other places which are less high profile, would never have happened. Something to ponder about………

Here are more of the images I took on the day. I have also included a link to Diane’s blog My Life in the Charente. Diane reminded me that she posted about Oradour last year, and you can read her post and view the excellent photographs she took here.  Diane has managed to capture the scale of the place.

George Santayana said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Throughout the world, the kind of ideals and politics that led to the second world war and the atrocities that accompanied it, are on the rise.

 ‘Lest we forget’ is a quote we see on cenotaphs throughout the world. This is also is a warning against ignoring the past.

I have many more, but feel that I have included enough. The sad and dangerous time comes when we are no longer shocked by what we see………

To finish, the new Hôtel de Ville in the new Oradour which was built alongside the old village…….