Martyred Village – Commemorating the 1944 Massacre at Oradour–sur–Glane - Hardcover

Farmer, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520211863 ISBN 13: 9780520211865

Publisher: University of California Press, 1999

Synopsis

This work looks at the Nazi massacre at the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, in 1944, and at how in 1946 the French State has preserved the entire ruins of the village. The 40 acres of crumbling buildings became France's "village martyr", set up as a monument to French suffering under the German occupation, and is now a tourist destination. Sarah Farmer investigates the prominance of the massacre in French understanding of a national experience. Through interviews with survivors, and research, the history of a shattering event and its memorial afterlife are pieced together. Complemented with photographs of the village, the dissection of France's national memory adresses personal and private way which, through rememberance, people come to terms with loss.

About this title

Review:

"Sarah Farmer has written an engrossing account of one town's place in France's national memory that illuminates the bitter post-war debates over justice and collaboration."--"The Economist

About the Author:

Sarah Farmer is Associate Professor of History, University of Iowa, and author of Oradour: Arret sur memoire, published in France in 1994.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0520211863
• ISBN 13: 9780520211865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320