Oradour-sur-Glane massacre - Wikipedia
On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area including the capture and subsequent ...
Oradour-sur-Glane: Martyred Village - The National WWII Museum
Before the war, Oradour-sur-Glane was a quiet, rural community in central France. In 1944, the village was left in ruins after German Waffen-SS troops massacred 642 men, women, and children before burning the village to the ground.
Oradour-sur-Glane | Holocaust Encyclopedia
On June 10, 1944, troops of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division (armored division), Das Reich, massacred 642 people, almost the entire population, and then destroyed the village. After the war, Oradour-sur-Glane rivaled Lidice as an iconic symbol of German crimes against civilians in occupied Europe.
Oradour, June 10th, 1944: A Nazi Massacre in Occupied France
Nov 5, 2007 · Showing that no Frenchmen were immune to repression confirmed the necessary unity of the country, and the myth of its unanimous opposition to the German occupation. The Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane concluded the era of the Vichy regime, which had proved unable to protect the population.
Oradour-Sur-Glane: Haunting Photos Of The Mysterious Nazi …
Sep 3, 2017 · On the afternoon of June 10, 1944, 642 men, women, and children were murdered in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, France gunned down by troops of the German army's 2nd SS Panzer Division. Following the massacre, the bodies were either burned by the Nazi soldiers or left where they lay as the men looted the town and set it ablaze before leaving.
Oradour-sur-Glane by Rick Steves
Lost in lush countryside, two hours north of the most popular and scenic stretch of the Dordogne River, Oradour-sur-Glane is one of the most powerful sights in all of France, and worth going out of your way to see. The "Village des Martyrs," as it is now known, was machine-gunned and burned by Nazi troops on June 10, 1944 (four days after D-Day ...
Oradour-sur-Glane: The Brutal WW2 Massacre That Still Haunts …
But what drove the SS to commit such an act in a country that was supposed to be collaborating with Nazi Germany? And why, out of all the villages in west-central France, was Oradour-sur-Glane selected as a target?
France, Germany Remember Nazi Massacre in French Village
Jun 11, 2019 · The French village of Oradour-sur-Glane looks the same today as it did 75 years ago -- when Nazi troops entered the village, forced 642 residents into buildings and burned them to the...
Film: Life and Death in Occupied France - The Historical …
Oct 27, 2021 · This work explores life in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane before, during and after the infamous massacre and destruction by Nazi Germany that took place on 10 June 1944. Robert Pike is currently a PhD student at Cardiff University.
L'occupation allemande en Périgord : témoignages et documents
Le Sipo-SD, la sinistre police allemande connue sous le nom de « Gestapo », réquisitionna les locaux du Crédit Lyonnais de la préfecture de la Dordogne. Ces lieux devinrent le symbole de l’oppression et de la terreur nazies.