Oradour-Sur-Glane Hte Vienne

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.190

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

1945

Files

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Description

Front: A black and white photograph of the remains of a church with a car in front of it.Back: A white postcard with black printed postcard lines and text in French. Includes writing in blue ink, a green postage stamp and black hand stamp.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

View of ruins from Dr. Desourteaux's car (Peugeot). Photo taken June 18, 1944, eight days after Nazis slaughtered more than 640 men, women and children.

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Church, France, Nazi, Destruction

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Oradour-Sur-Glane Hte Vienne" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.190.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/462