The ruined village of Oradour-Sur-Glane in France where 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred


The ruined village of Oradour-Sur-Glane in France where 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a Nazi Waffen-SS company. A new village was built nearby after the war, but French president Charles de Gaulle ordered the original maintained as a permanent memorial and museum.


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Location: Oradour Sur Glane France
Photo credit: © George Impey / Alamy / Afripics
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