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Reconciliation in Oradour-sur-Glane -- 70 Years After the Nazi Massacre

June 5, 2014

On the tenth of June 1944, German members of the Waffen-SS killed 642 residents of the village of French village of Oradour-sur-Glane. They shot many of them, including women and children, before torching the village church and other buildings. Just six people managed to escape the inferno.

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The original village was preserved as a memorial to the tragedy. Today volunteers -- including ones from Germany -- work together with survivors to inform people about the massacre.