Crimes & persecution
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
10 June 1944 · Oradour-sur-Glane, France
A company of the Waffen-SS 'Das Reich' division murdered 643 inhabitants of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane — men were shot, women and children were killed in the church, which was set on fire. The ruined village was preserved as a memorial.
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