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The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, destroyed the French town of Oradour-sur-Glane during WWII and today it is preserved In a Ruined State
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Oradour-sur-Glane is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France. The original village 45°55′44″N 001°02′24″E ...
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Oradour-sur-Glane. from: france. 5 panoramas by bruno vandermarliere 10 June 1944. Towards the end of the Second World War, in a peaceful part of France, took place ...
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On 10 June 1944, the idylic French village of Oradour-sur-Glane was completely destroyed and 642 innocent men, women and children were massacred ...
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A class of boys from the school in Oradour. All of the people pictured here were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. Oradour-sur-Glane, France ...
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After D-Day, some German troops still occupying France decided to take out their frustrations on a random city by destroying every building and killing all its ...
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In the spring of 1942, communist militants, acting independently of the leadership of the French Communist Party, organized the first Maquis in the Limousin and the ...
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A calalogue of pictures for Oradour-sur-Glane, other related locations and people involved in the story
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There is a time for purely hedonist travel. Lying on a quiet beach in the warm sand can restore an exhausted body and drained spirit.
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On Saturday, 10th of June 1944, men from the Der Fuhrer Regiment of the 2nd Waffen SS Panzer Division Das Reich, drove into small town of Oradour-sur-Glane and killed ...
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