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Massacre at Oradour sur Glane

10th June 1944: In a notorious atrocity at least 643 men, women, children and babies are murdered by the Waffen SS

Jun 10, 2024
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The men of SS-Panzer Division ‘Das Reich’ were veterans of the Eastern Front.

On the 10th of June 1944, a group of soldiers from the Der Führer regiment of the 2nd SS-Panzer Division ‘Das Reich’ entered and then surrounded the small village of Oradour-sur-Glane, near the city of Limoges. By the end of the day, almost all the inhabitants were dead and the…

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