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Second world-war-tragedy in France

On 10 June 1944, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and childre...
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On 10 June 1944, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company.
A new village was built nearby after the war, but President Charles de Gaulle ordered the original maintained as a permanent memorial and museum.

19-05-2017 Oradour-sur-Glane 077A
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