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To: HereInTheHeartland

Nope but been the the American Cemetary in Luxembourg City and have seen Patton with his troops.. Very moving.. And Bastonge is cool to..


53 posted on 06/06/2010 3:07:39 PM PDT by crazydad
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To: crazydad
Nope but been the the American Cemetary in Luxembourg City and have seen Patton with his troops.. Very moving.. And Bastonge is cool to..

I saw a documentary on PBS the other night - American high school teachers and students visiting Normandy, etc.

They had interviews with actual French survivors describing the events - very moving ...

One of the most interesting things was that they visited a concentration camp in eastern France - only one on French soil. Was mostly a work camp, since the Germans wanted the nice red granite from the nearby quarry in order to build their monuments in Germany.

So, not many people were killed at that camp - although they did kill some Jews and undesirables ...

I never knew that there had been a camp on French soil ...

72 posted on 06/07/2010 10:13:08 AM PDT by Lmo56
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To: crazydad
Nope but been the the American Cemetary in Luxembourg City and have seen Patton with his troops.. Very moving.. And Bastonge is cool to..

I would like to go to Oradour-sur-Glane, where the massacre that was described at the beginning of "The World at War" took place.

75 posted on 06/07/2010 3:56:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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