June 10
1944
The Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre
On June 10, 1944, in the small French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, Nazi SS troops massacred 642 civilians in a single day, destroying the village as part of a campaign to suppress resistance after the D-Day landings. The village’s ruins remain a stark memorial to the atrocity and its victims. Read more
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