Oradour-sur-Glane, France
Oradour-sur-Glane was a village in the Limousin région of France that was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants — men, women and children — were murdered by a German Waffen-SS company. Although a new village was built after WWII, away from the ruins of the former village, the old village - the site of the massacre - still stands as a memorial to the dead and as being representative of similar sites and events. Part of the memorial includes items recovered from the burned out buildings: watches stopped at the time their owners were burned alive; glasses - melted from the intense heat; and various personal items and money.
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