Ron Nibbelink

They Played for Keeps Ron Nibbelink

On June 9, 1944, residents of the sleepy little village of Oradour-sur-Glane in the Limousin region of central France went about their normal day. The next day, 642 of the residents and neighbors from nearby villages would be dead. This book tells the story of the Nazi massacre. More importantly, it tells the stories of four families who came from Germany and northeastern France and played their parts in the horrible drama that unfolded four days after the Allies invaded Normandy on D-Day. Today the ruins of the city are a memorial to the people who lived there. This novel tells of the lives and loves of those whom history thrust together in this remote area of south-central France.