A Village Betrayed
Louise Croft
A poignant story of the impact of war on a defenceless French village during the Second World War. Four courageous villagers join the Maquis, the Resistance in Vichy occupied France, to protect their families. They are swept into a treacherous...
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United States
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A poignant story of the impact of war on a defenceless French village during the Second World War. Four courageous villagers join the Maquis, the Resistance in Vichy occupied France, to protect their families. They are swept into a treacherous conflict where one false word or brave action can result in the torture and death of people they know and love. One old man and a young girl survive the savage destruction that wipes out the whole community. This novel uses the recorded history of the devastation of many rural villages in the Aveyron, Lot and Tarn departments of the Midi-Pyrénées. Oradour-sur-Glane in the Haute-Vienne Department is a famous memorial to the brutality of the Second World War. Duration - 7h 8m. Author - Louise Croft. Narrator - Cherry McIntosh. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duración:00:00:11
About the Author
Duración:00:01:12
Dedication
Duración:00:00:42
Acknowledgement
Duración:00:00:14
Vichy France 1943
Duración:00:12:00
Vichy France Spring and Summer 1942
Duración:00:18:05
Spring
Duración:00:13:37
The Boar Hunt
Duración:00:10:38
The Summer Fete
Duración:00:33:14
A Mother's Grief
Duración:00:28:08
The Storm
Duración:00:18:54
The School Teacher
Duración:00:12:31
Vichy France Autumn and Winter 1942-43
Duración:00:14:13
Instrusion of War
Duración:00:10:11
Refuge on the Farm
Duración:00:07:59
Hardship
Duración:00:18:48
Oppression in Cahors
Duración:00:19:47
Rescue by the Maquis
Duración:00:12:28
Deprivation
Duración:00:16:37
Vichy France Spring and Summer 1943
Duración:00:07:09
Child Evacuees
Duración:00:22:56
Support for the Mqauis
Duración:00:10:43
Germans in Cahors
Duración:00:32:05
Sabotage
Duración:00:08:01
Summer Hunting
Duración:00:07:49
Vichy France Autumn and Winter 1943-44
Duración:00:06:16
Winter Suffering
Duración:00:09:58
Malignant Forces
Duración:00:08:33
Vichy France Summer 1944, Maquis Attack
Duración:00:10:40
Escape Route
Duración:00:10:54
Reprisal
Duración:00:11:59
Aveyron Summer 1995, Memorial to Brutality
Duración:00:14:48
Vichy France Historial Notes
Duración:00:04:23
German Reprisals
Duración:00:02:38
The STO Releve
Duración:00:01:46
STO Refractaires
Duración:00:01:18
The Maquis
Duración:00:03:02
Evacuation of Children from Paris
Duración:00:01:36
Local Villages and Towns
Duración:00:02:01
Closing Credits
Duración:00:00:13