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Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre: SS Division Das Reich Murdered 642 Civilians
The Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre was one of the worst atrocities committed against civilians in Western Europe during World War II. On 10 June 1944, just days after the Allied landings in Normandy, soldiers of the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich” entered the peaceful French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and murdered 642 civilians, including more than 200 children.
Under the command of SS officer Adolf Diekmann, villagers were rounded up and separated. Men were confined in barns and machine-gunned before the buildings were set ablaze. Women and children were locked inside the village church…
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