Oradour-sur-Glane: A Village Frozen in Time

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Imagine waking up... and your entire town disappears in a single afternoon. On June 10, 1944, Oradour-sur-Glane was a quiet village in France. Families were shopping. Kids were playing. It felt like an ordinary day. Then German SS soldiers surrounded the village. The men were separated from the women and children. Nobody knew what was about to happen. The soldiers opened fire on the men. The women and children were locked inside the church. The church was set on fire. By the end of the day, 643 civilians had been killed. After World War II, France made an unusual decision. Instead of rebuilding the village... They left it exactly as it was. Today, burned cars... Crumbled homes... And rusted bicycles... Still sit where they were found. A silent reminder of one of the worst civilian massacres of World War II... Frozen in time.