Oradour-The Final Verdict

Relying On Multiple Eye Witness Accounts And Thorough Research In French American And Résistance Archives The Author Describes In Part I Hour By Hour The Massacre On June 10 1944 By The Waffen-Ss Division Das Reich Of 642 Men Women And Children In The Village Of Oradour-Sur-Glane And The Destruction Of The Village. Who Ordered The Massacre? Why? The Book Puts The Tragedy In The Context Of The D-Day Landing And The Period That Precedes It. Part Ii Is Devoted To The Conduct Of The Trial Nearly Nine Years Later. Of The 21 Accused Only 7 Were Germans. The Others All French/Alsatians Had Mostly Been Forcibly Inducted Into The Ss. None Were Officers. Were The Alsatians Victims Or Murderers? And Why Were There No Officers In The Courtroom?