Joachim Gauck will become the first German president to visit Oradour-sur-Glane, a ghost village in France that was the site of the worst Nazi massacre of civilians conducted on French soil.
This once picturesque spot near Limoges has been uniquely preserved as the site of the worst Nazi massacre of civilians conducted on French soil. Waffen SS troops shot, gassed and burnt alive 642 people, including 247 children on June 10, 1944, in an act of senseless barbarity.
This village near to Limoges was on TV this morning, the devastation of the church and village left just as it was after the massacre of the villagers by the retreating German soldiers.Many of you may have made a pilgrimage to honour those French villagers but Malc and I have never been, just too distressing.
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