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Oradour-sur-Vayres (; ) is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Haute-Vienne department in the
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in west-central
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History


Oradour-sur-Glane massacre

The
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company. A n ...
occurred based on erroneous intelligence indicating that villagers were holding a German SS officer, who was being held in Oradour-sur-Vayres.Time magazine World Battlefronts: Murder at Oradour Monday, Jul. 24, 1944
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Gallery

File:The back or side of the town hall in Oradour-sur-Vayres.jpg, Back of town hall


See also

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Communes of the Haute-Vienne department The following is a list of the 195 communes of the Haute-Vienne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Oradour-sur-Vayres Official Website
Communes of Haute-Vienne {{HauteVienne-geo-stub