A German detail rode into town, assembled the inhabitants, locked the woman and children in the local church and then shot all present men. A little later they set fire to the church, where 250 women and 200 children were burnt to death. 642 victims, only a handful managed to escape.
The French government left the village in its burnt down state, as a living monument to atrocities of war.
You can visit the site, quite a chilling place. Above the sketch of the rusted and burnt car, below a sketch of the ruins of the parish church. All made on location.
6 comments:
A really chilling reminder of the depths of depravity to which mankind descends every now and then.
Your sketches, as usual, are wonderful.
Yes horrifying isn´t it. You´d think we should have learned something from these past events, but alas.....
what's this, a real life story?
en weer al vind ik je eigen schetsen interessanter dan die uit het lesboek het blogje hierna
Ja,echt gebeurd. En klopt, dat is precies het probleem wat ik had met het boek, de oefeningen waren waardevol, maar bij dit soort taferelen zou je gemakkelijk de scherpe randjes kwijtraken.
Wonderful sketches! It brings what I've read about it to life. Such a sad story!! BJR
Thank you, BJR.
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