Local life in 1944 · Reference 865

The presbytery was close to the church to the north, it was destroyed at the same time as it was destroyed. — Yves Cordelle Collection, reference 865.

Vierville church before and after the landings

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The church of Vierville
before and after landing

865 The Church Before the War:

(details) The presbytery was close to the church to the north, it was destroyed at the same time as it was destroyed.

see account of the destruction of the church

See the memories of Michel Hardelay and the cannonier Levin on the sniper in the bell tower

The church after the landing (photos of September 44 and winter 44/45)

Collection document: Vierville church before and after the landings

The presbytery of Vierville, seen from the bell tower, housed part of the furniture of the castle moved at the end of February 44 to allow the installation of the Germans of the Organis — Illustration not available in the transmitted fund. The presbytery of Vierville, seen from the bell tower, housed part of the furniture of the castle moved at the end of February 44 to allow the Germans to install it. TODT Organisation

Illustration not available in the transmitted fund. The presbytery of Vierville, seen from the bell tower, housed part of the furniture of the castle moved at the end of February 44 for the — (details)

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Collection document: Vierville church before and after the landings

Collection document: Vierville church before and after the landings

Collection document: Vierville church before and after the landings

(details)The old road that bypassed the church from the south and west and was later abandoned to enlarge the cemetery:

The mass for GIs in the roofless nave in September 1944:

Collection document: Vierville church before and after the landings

(details) At the beginning of the reconstruction

During reconstruction

Winter 1945 (details) Prior to the repositioning of the cock — Winter 1945

Winter 1945 (details) Prior to the repositioning of the cock — (details) Prior to the repositioning of the cock

(details) At the beginning of the reconstruction (details) The cock that will have been raised to the head of the bell tower (March 21, 1953) — (details) At the beginning of the reconstruction

(details) At the beginning of the reconstruction (details) The cock that will have been raised to the head of the bell tower (March 21, 1953) — (details) The rooster that will be raised to the head of the bell tower (March 21, 1953)

Original website reference: 865-Eglise.html. About the collection and its continuation.