Subject: PLANIN1 Topic: Reporting on Oradour Sur-Glane & Copehill Down

1. ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE______________________________________________
MARTYRED VILLAGE
FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.

2. HAUTE-VIENNE,
FRANCE

3. - 06/10/1944
- WWII
- 642
- SS SOLDIERS

4. - 06/10/1944
- WWII
- 642
- SS SOLDIERS

6. “I ask that justice be done with God’s help. I came out alive
from the crematory oven; I am the sacred witness from the
church. I am a mother who has lost everything.”
- Madame Marguerite Rouffanche [1953, Testimony]

7. Adolf Diekmann
[1914-1944]
Sturmbannfuhrer-SS
Commander of the battalion of
the regiment of the Fuhrer of
the Reich’s SS responsible for
the Massacre of Oradour-sur-
Glane
Sylvester Stadler
[1910-1995]
- SS-Brigadefuhrer
- General Major of the Waffen
SS
- Commander of the 2nd SS
Division Das Reich
Helmut Kampfe
[1909-1944]
- Sturmbannfuhrer Major of
the Waffen-SS
- Commander of the III.
Battalion, 4th SS Panzer
Grenadier Regiment Der
Fuhrer, 2nd Division Das Reich
Karl Gerlach
[1914-?]
Ordnance Officer for Der
Fuhrer
Kidnapped by the French
Resistance
9th of June
Helmut Kampfe
-kidnapped & killed by the French Resistance
-threw his personal papers out of the vehicle as a clue that was
handed to Sylvester Stadler
Karl Gerlach
-& his driver were kidnapped buy the French Resistance
-he was able to escape and made his way back to Limoges to
report to Stadler what happened
10th of June
Adolf Diekmann
-travelled from his temporary headquarters at St. Junien to
attend a meeting called by Stadler in Limoges
- received a news from Milice of an unnamed captured German
Officer being held at Oradour-Sur-Glane

8. Gerlach was not taken to Oradour-sur-
Glane, but Oradour-sur-Vayres, about 35
miles away to the south. The two villages
are very similar in appearance and it
would be easy for him to get them
confused. More recent evidence suggests
that he may have been taken to Peyrilhac
and seen a signpost giving him the
impression that he was in Oradour-sur-
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9. ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE: THE NAZI
MASSACRE VILLAGE
Source:
Oradour-Sur-Glane 10th June 1944
(http://www.oradour.info/)
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FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.

10. COPEHILL DOWN______________________________________________
MOCK-UP VILLAGE
FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.

11. -SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE ENGLAND
-1988
-Was built to look like a German Village in Bavaria

12. COPEHILL DOWN

13. FIGHTING IN BUILT-UP AREAS//FIBUA//

14. ST. JUDES CHURCHThe center of the village.

15. The Cold War was in full swing. Although
Gorbachev had announced Perstroika and
Reagan had openly invited him in a Berlin
speech to tear down this wall, the Soviet
Union was still perceived by NATO to be
the single greatest threat to world
security. It was highly anticipated that if
the Warsaw Pact nations invaded, it would
be through Germany.
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16. The year after Copehill Down was built Poland
saw its first non-Communist leader since the
Second World War ended.

17. The village now is used to test new technology to support ground
troops in urban areas and remained an important training facility. Even
airsoft battle are held.
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18. COPEHILL DOWN : A RELIC OF THE
COLDWAR
Source:
Copehill Down – Sleepy English Village With A Difference. 2013. Retrieved Jan. 1, 2015, from
http://www.kuriositas.com/2013/08/copehill-down-sleepy-english-village.html
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FANER, C. | MOLINA, J.