THE MASSACRE AT LE PARADIS - HELL IN PARADISE - MAY1940.
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  • O'Callaghan Index
    • Bill's Story >
      • Bill's Diary Part One
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      • Bill's Diary Part Four
      • Bill's Diary Part Five
      • Bill's Diary Part Six
      • Bill's Diary Part Seven
      • Bill's Diary Part Eight
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    • 2018 Pilgrimage Photos
    • 2019 Pilgrimage
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    • Memorial Launch
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    • Dereham Service
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    • Miscellaneous Documents >
      • Miscellaneous Documents and Articles
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      • Site Index
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      • Links
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    • The Charge
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    • Trial Description
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    • Cross Examination
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    • The Investigation
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    • Dereham
    • Le Paradis
    • London cage
    • Sheffield POW Camp
    • Creton Family
  • Sources
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  • Contact Us
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  • article 2023

Site Index


Below are the main subject headings which have their own subjects. Most of these sections will have their own sub headings.

Home - Our Front Page and  a Description of the Site

Background - Background and Build-Up to the Massacre
The Massacre - Information on the Massacre Itself
The Norfolks - The Royal Norfolk Regiment
The Royal Scots - The Royal Scots Regiment
The Victims - A List of Those Who Died in the Massacre
Bill O'Callaghan - The Pages for One of Two Survivors of the Massacre
Bert Pooley - The Pages for the Second Survivor of the Massacre
​Contact Us - How to Contact the Le Paradis Commemoration Group
Le Paradis - Information on the French Village of Le Paradis
Maps and Diagrams - Maps and Diagrams of Fighting in the Area
Fritz Knoechlein - Pages on the Perpetrator of the War Crime Massacre
The People and Places - The People and Places Featured on This Website
​Press, Film and Photographs - The Massacre in the Media
Memorials - Memorials Erected in Memory of Those Massacred

Press Cuttings - More Media coverage 
Miscellaneous Documents - Miscellaneous Documents of Interest

Below are the individual files and their description. They can be accessed by clicking on the file names or by typing in www.leparadismassacre followed by the file name and .html
FILE NAME
2010 trip  
2011 trip
2013 trip
2015 Pilgrimage
2017 Pilgrimage
​2019 pilgrimage
About The Site
Affadavit
Alan Dallas
Albert Avery
Albert Yaxley
Alex Spooner
Alexander Turner
Amos Hornby
Andrew Coombe
Angus Cain
Arthur Brough
Arthur Gallin
Arthur Gordon
Arthur Preston
Auker
Background
​Baines
Balls
Barnett
Barrett
Bert Pooley
Bert Pooley Cross Exam
Bert Pooley's affidavit
Bert Press
Bill Medal
Bill O'Callaghan
Bill's Diary Part Eight
Bill's Diary Part Five
Bill's Diary Part Four
Bill's Diary Part One
Bill's Diary Part Seven
Bill's Diary Part Six
Bill's Diary Part Three
Bill's Diary Part Two
Bill's Story
Bill's Timeline
Biographies
Bob Brown
Book
Buried
​Cecil Yallop
Charles Cliverd
Claude Nightingale
Clear
​Coming Events
Contact Us
​Costello
Creton and Castel Evidence
Creton Family
Cross Examination
Cyril Aust
David Collier
David Warren
David Wylie
Denham
Denial
Dereham
Dereham Service
Donald Graham
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Dunkirk missing
Dunkirk - The Rearguard Action
Edmond Martin
England memorial
​England Memorial 2
Ernest Paget
Ernest Podgurski
Ferguson
First Hand Accounts
Frank Chevis
Frank Gray
Frederick Barber
Frederick Bradley
Frederick Clear
Fritz Knoechlein
Fritz Knoechlein
Gee
George Bromley
George Woodhouse
German Reports
Harold Reade
Harry Soanes
Hastings Part 2
Henry Hansen
Henry Leach
Herbert Brunnegger
High
History
Home
Howlett
Jack Whitlam
James Allan
James Guthrie
James Needham
James Tough
Jimmy Howe
John Buchanan
John Chipp
John Errington
John Malloch
John Raybould
John Somerville
John Tervet
Knoechlein documents
Knoechlein on the Cage
Knoechlein's Statement
Launch
Le Paradis
Le Paradis museum
Lee
Leggett
Leitl
Lennox Davey
Leslie Nichols
Links
Lionel Greengrass
Lisle Ryder
London cage
Long Art
​Lynes
Major
Maps and Diagrams
Marshall
Massacre Overview
May 2018
Memorial Launch
Memorials
Michael McQueeney
​
Minutes
Miscellaneous Documents
Moss
Museum
museum2
museum3
Nurse
Patrick Everitt
Philip Brooks
Photographs
Pilgrimages
Pilgrimages pre-1970
Poppies
Press Cuttings
Press/Film and Photographs
Pretty
Priest
Raymond Pigg
Richard Pearson
Richard Priest
Robert Brash
Robert Leadbetter
Robert Park
Robert Patton
Rodney Watson
Ronald Whiteley
School Work
Scotland
Sergeant George Gristock
Sheffield POW Camp
Sidney Smaller
Site Index
Slater
Sources
​Strips
Ted Roper
The Charge
The Crime
The Evidence
The Investigation
The Massacre
The Massacre in Detail
The Massacre on Film
The Norfolks
The People and Places
The Places
The Royal Scots
The Trial
The Trial Overview
The Victims
They Wrote About The Massacre
Thomas Allen
Thomas Parker
Totenkopf
Wade
Walter Cracknell
Ward
Warren
What's New
White
William Curson
William Downing
William Greaves
William Ireland
William Kidd
William Loane
William Morrison
William Pomroy
William Read
William Sinclair
William Smith
William Turner
Woodhouse
writers

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FILE DESCRIPTION
The 2010 Pilgrimage
​The 2011 Pilgrimage
​The 2013 Pilgrimage
​The 2015 Pilgrimage
​The 2017 Pilgrimage
​The 2019 Pilgrimage
​How the Site Came About
​Bill O'Callaghan Affadavit
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Arthur Brough who also fought in the area
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Background to the Massacre
​Stan Baines who became a standard bearer for commemorations
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Prisoner of War and Friend of Bill O'Callaghan
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Bert Pooley's Index
​Cross Examination of Bert Pooley
Bert Pooley's affidavit
Press Cuttings Featuring Bert pooley
Attempts to get a medal for Bill O'Callaghan
Bill O'Callaghan's Index Page
Eighth Part of Bill's Diary
Fifth Part of Bill's Diary
Fourth Part of Bill's Diary
First Part of Bill's Diary
Seventh Part of Bill's Diary
Sixth Part of Bill's Diary
Third Part of Bill's Diary
Second Part of Bill's Diary
Bill O'Callaghan's Story
Bill O'Callaghan's Life Timeline
Biographies of the Main People Involved
Bob Brown who fought in the area.
Preparing a Book on Le Paradis Massacre
​Gravestones for all those buried in Le Paradis churchyard
Soldier who fought in the area
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Coming Talks and Le Paradis events
​How to Contact Us
​RSM Costello who fought in the area
​Evidence at Trial From the Cretons and Castels
The French Creton Family
Trial Cross Examination of Bill O'Callaghan
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Tour Guide
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Problems of Being Believed After the War
The home town of Bill O'Callaghan
Dereham Services of Remembrance
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Norfolk Soldiers appearing on Dunkirk Memorial to the Missing 
The Rearguard Action to Dunkirk
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Plans for a Memorial in the United Kingdom
Form for supporting a Memorial in the United Kingdom
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​First Hand Accounts of the Massacre and Fighting
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Fritz Knoechlein Index Page
Fritz Knoechlein - The Man and the Monster
Another Generation Remembers
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
German Reports for the Court
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Diary of Major Hastings Part Two
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​German photographer of the Massacre
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
May 2018 pilgrimage Photographs
Home Page
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
The life of Major Jimmy Howe
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
A soldier who fought in the area
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Documents Relating to Fritz Knoechlein
Fritz Knoechlein in the London Cage
Trial Statement of Fritz Knoechlein
Official Launch of the website
The French Village of Le Paradis
The Museum at Le Paradis
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Royal Norfolk Soldier injured before the massacre
The Memories of a German Soldier
A Soldier Who Fought in the Area
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
External websites and Links
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
The London Cage
The Art and Life of Captain Long
Private Walter Lynes who fought around Le Paradis
The Diary of Major Hastings Part One
Miscellaneous Maps and Diagrams
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Overview of the Massacre
May 2018 Pilgrimage
Launch Evening for a Memorial in Norfolk
​Memorials To Those Who Died
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Minutes of British Campaign Launch
Miscellaneous Documents
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
The Museum at Le Paradis
The Museum at Le Paradis
The Museum at Le Paradis
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
The Experience of Patrick Everitt
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Photographs Included on the Site
Index to Pilgrimages to Le Paradis
Pre-1970 Pilgrimages
Slide Presentation for those buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Press Cuttings on the Massacre
Le Paradis on Film and In Print
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Stanley Priest's view of the Massacre
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Work By the Commemoration Group in Schools
Lt Colonel A. P. Scotland's Involvement
Winner of a VC
Fritz Knoechlein's POW Camp in England
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Site Index
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Sources Used For This Website
Eric "Strips" Farrow - The Man Who Missed The Massacre
The Hangman
The Charges Against Fritz Knoechlein
Details of the German Crime
The Court Evidence
Investigation Into the Massacre
The Massacre Index
Detailed Account of the Massacre
The Massacre on Film
The Royal Norfolk Brigade
​Index to People Featured on the Site
Index to the Places Featured on the Site
The Royal Scots Brigade
Details of the Trial of Fritz Knoechlein
Overview of Knoechlein's Trial
Names of Those Who Died in the Massacre
​People Who Have Written About the Massacre
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
The German Brigade Responsible for the Massacre
Ashton Wade - A Soldier's Life
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
What's New on This Site
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
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Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
Buried in Le Paradis Cemetery
​Captain Woodhouse's Report of the Knoechlein Trial
​People who have Written about the Massacre
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