In 1944, nearly every man, child, and woman in Oradour-sur-Glane, France, was massacred. Its empty buildings and still streets remain as a reminder of the horror. Some continue to this day to seek justice against the German SS soldiers responsible—soldiers who were then 18 or 19, and now are close to 90.
642 people were killed, including 254 women, 207 children, and 181 men.
The brutality exercised by German soldiers in this small French town was completely unexpected. Oradour-sur-Glane was not noted for having a Jewish population, and the region had been relatively unaffected by WWII. The vast majority of citizens …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
