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Eglise Oradour sur Glane-France
On 10 June 1944, the idylic French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was completely destroyed and 642 innocent men, women and children were massacred by soldiers in Hitler's elite Waffen-SS army. The ruins of the martyred village have been preserved as a reminder of German barbarity.
Around 2:15 p.m. on this beautiful Saturday afternoon all the people living in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, and others from the farming hamlets south of the village, were ordered from their homes and forced to assemble on the Fairgrounds by Waffen-SS soldiers in the elite German army which had invaded the peaceful town.
The old church (above the remains of the main altar and a pram) in Oradour-sur-Glane is the site of one of the worst atrocities committed by the German Waffen-SS army in World War II. It was here that 245 women and 207 children, the youngest only a week old, were ruthlessly murdered by young soldiers. Only one woman survived the massacre.
Eglise Oradour sur Glane-France
On 10 June 1944, the idylic French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was completely destroyed and 642 innocent men, women and children were massacred by soldiers in Hitler's elite Waffen-SS army. The ruins of the martyred village have been preserved as a reminder of German barbarity.
Around 2:15 p.m. on this beautiful Saturday afternoon all the people living in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, and others from the farming hamlets south of the village, were ordered from their homes and forced to assemble on the Fairgrounds by Waffen-SS soldiers in the elite German army which had invaded the peaceful town.
The old church (above the remains of the main altar and a pram) in Oradour-sur-Glane is the site of one of the worst atrocities committed by the German Waffen-SS army in World War II. It was here that 245 women and 207 children, the youngest only a week old, were ruthlessly murdered by young soldiers. Only one woman survived the massacre.