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 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 - 20h 40m.
Author - Louise Croft.
Narrator - Cherry McIntosh.
Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
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 - 20h 40m. Author - Louise Croft. Narrator - Cherry McIntosh. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:11:17
About the Author
Duration:01:12:46
Dedication
Duration:00:42:13
Acknowledgement
Duration:00:14:41
Vichy France 1943
Duration:12:00:45
Vichy France Spring and Summer 1942
Duration:18:05:40
Spring
Duration:13:37:45
The Boar Hunt
Duration:10:38:58
The Summer Fete
Duration:33:14:54
A Mother's Grief
Duration:28:08:31
The Storm
Duration:18:54:21
The School Teacher
Duration:12:31:55
Vichy France Autumn and Winter 1942-43
Duration:14:13:16
Instrusion of War
Duration:10:11:46
Refuge on the Farm
Duration:07:59:41
Hardship
Duration:18:48:46
Oppression in Cahors
Duration:19:47:30
Rescue by the Maquis
Duration:12:28:26
Deprivation
Duration:16:37:18
Vichy France Spring and Summer 1943
Duration:07:09:40
Child Evacuees
Duration:22:56:38
Support for the Mqauis
Duration:10:43:09
Germans in Cahors
Duration:32:05:58
Sabotage
Duration:08:01:00
Summer Hunting
Duration:07:49:16
Vichy France Autumn and Winter 1943-44
Duration:06:16:51
Winter Suffering
Duration:09:58:05
Malignant Forces
Duration:08:33:43
Vichy France Summer 1944, Maquis Attack
Duration:10:40:42
Escape Route
Duration:10:54:55
Reprisal
Duration:11:59:43
Aveyron Summer 1995, Memorial to Brutality
Duration:14:48:37
Vichy France Historial Notes
Duration:04:23:56
German Reprisals
Duration:02:38:16
The STO Releve
Duration:01:46:01
STO Refractaires
Duration:01:18:44
The Maquis
Duration:03:02:50
Evacuation of Children from Paris
Duration:01:36:26
Local Villages and Towns
Duration:02:01:42
Closing Credits
Duration:00:13:53