Oradour Sur Glane a ruined village in full preservation that was the scene of the most brutal Nazi massacre of civilians on French soil. Six hundred and 42 civilians, including 247 children were killed or burned alive in an unexplained act of barbarity on the 10th of June 1944. Although a new village was constructed nearby, the French president Charles de Gaulle decided to keep the original as a permanent memorial and museum.
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| Oradour Sur Glane |
