Silent Village is a meticulously researched history of the people who lived in Oradour-sur-Glane. On 1O June 1944, in this picturesque village in the rural heart of Vichy France, 643 men, women and children were murdered in the nation’s worst wartime atrocity. Using interviews with the last remaining survivors and powerful archival material, the book is a unique insight into the traditions, loves and rivalries of a typical village in occupied France both before the tragedy and in its aftermath.
Robert Pike is an author and historian of modern France. His first work, Defying Vichy: Blood, Fear and French Resistance, was published by the History Press in 2O18.
Hardback / 384 pages / Published April 2O21 / £2O
