The Lidice of France.
The Lidice of France. These burned and blackened ruins were once the homes of peaceful French people in the now desolate village of Oradour-sur-Glane. Oradour-sur-Glane, 16 miles northwest of Limoges, was was razed by Nazi S.S. troops June 10, 1944, four days after D-Day. Of the 700 inhabitants, only seven escaped alive. The men of the village were rounded up, pushed into a barn and shot. Then the ...



