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On this day on our way from Limoges to Poitiers, we stopped to see the Oridour-sur-Glane memorial site. This is a village were 642 villagers were killed by the SS in 1944 in retribution for some resistance activity. They then set fire to the village. See photo in comments.
It was a very moving visit and the French government has done a great job in marking sure no one forgets the massacre. For more details and further reading, this link is worth a read.
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On this day on our way from Limoges to Poitiers, we stopped to see the Oridour-sur-Glane memorial site. This is a village were 642 villagers were killed by the SS in 1944 in retribution for some resistance activity. They then set fire to the village. See photo in comments.
It was a very moving visit and the French government has done a great job in marking sure no one forgets the massacre. For more details and further reading, this link is worth a read.