The burnt out church, Oradour-Sur-Glane
On June 10th 1944 the Nazi SS ordered the destruction of Oradour-Sur-Glane because they believed someone in the town was passing information to Hitler's enemies. The men of the town were herded together and shot and the women and children imprisoned in the church and burned. The town was then also burned. Only a tiny number (5?) of the population survived by hiding for many hours until the Nazis left. One woman escaped from the church through one of the windows dropping several feet down below the level of the Church floor and hiding for over 20 hours in a nearby vegetable patch. The town is now preserved a s a memorial and a reminder of the horror of war. A new Oradour has been built close to the destroyed town.
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Location: Oradour-Sur-Glane Haute-Vienne Limousin France
Photo credit: © Lesley Pardoe / Alamy / Afripics
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