FRANCE Limousin Oradour-sur-Glane destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, , were massacred by the Waffen SS

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FRANCE Limousin Oradour-sur-Glane, martyr village, centre de la memoire Oradour-sur-Glane (Occitan: Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France. The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company. A new village was built after the war on a nearby site and the original has been maintained as a memorial.

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