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Running until May 15, 2008 is an exhibition at Oradour-sur-
Glane, the Haute-Vienne town where the population was
massacred by Nazis during World War II. Focusing on the
rights of Jews – in particular those who didn’t make it out of
their countries and were sentenced to death in specially setup
German concentration camps – the main exhibition
material comes from Nuremberg. The exhibition explores the
world of antisemitism and racial hatred. Not for everyone
perhaps, but essential for those who want to learn the lessons
of history.
‘1935 L’Hystérie Raciale – Les Lois de Nuremberg’. Oradoursur-
Glane. Free
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
Heinz Barth, known as
‘L’assassin
d’Oradour-sur-Glane’
died on August 6 at Gransee,
north of Berlin, at age 86.
Condemmed to death in
France in 1953, he escaped
and lived in Germany under
a false identity. In 1983, he
was finally charged with war
crimes, but was released in
1997 for health reasons.
Robert Hébras, 82, and
one of the only two living
survivors of the massacre at
Oradour, remembers: “I was
there, in Berlin, in 1983.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
The world final of the ‘King
of the Groms’ under-16
surfing tournament saw 15-
year-old Tahitian, Tamaroa
McComb, crowned King.
McComb battled it out with
Australian Garrett Parkes to
take the title. Despite Parkes
being the more experienced
of the two, McComb scored
a massive 18.63 from a
possible 20 in the final heat.
Former event winner
Jeremy Flores presented
McComb with his prize – a
wildcard entry for two of
the ASP World
Championship tour trials,
the Quiksilver Pro France
2007 and the Quiksilver Pro
Goldcoast 2008. Flores said
he was “really impressed”
by the kids, or ‘groms’ in
surfing speak, and thought
McComb had the
potential to be a future
world champion.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
CRAC (Comité
radicalement anti
corrida), staged a
demonstration at Dax to
co-incide with the five-day
fêtes de Dax. This was the
first time a demonstration
had been held there and the
organisers of the antibullfighting
rally said they
were delighted with the
public show of support.
Some 80 protesters spent the
day outside the arena,
leaving only at 6pm when
the first of the six bulls
entered the arena.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
Despite huge attempts
on the part of the
authorities to ensure
an incident-free, five-day
fiesta, the first 24 hours of
the 75th Bayonne fêtes
witnessed one death and ten
arrests. The victim, a 21-
year-old from the Lot-et-
Garonne, fell from the
window of a fourth floor
flat in the Petit Bayonne
district of the city. He was
part of a group which had
been attempting to climb
through the window to the
service staircase of an
internal courtyard. Two men
also fell more than 15 metres
from the ramparts the
following evening, and were
seriously injured.
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