Oradour-sur-Glane was a small farming village located in the German-occupied zone of France during World War II. On June 10, 1944, Waffen-SS troops massacred 642 people—almost the entire population of the town. They then destroyed the village.
![A class of boys from the school in Oradour. All of the people pictured here were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. [LCID: 25712]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/efd33ce9-de9e-4688-b950-729c654e0d7b.jpg "A class of boys from the school in Oradour. All of the people pictured here were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. [LCID: 25712]")
A class of boys from the school in Oradour. All of the people pictured here were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. Oradour-sur-Glane, France, photograph taken between 1940 and June 1944.
Item View![A school class of girls in Oradour. All of the children pictured were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. [LCID: 25713]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/48c7a3b3-391c-4469-9205-a590c4962fab.jpg "A school class of girls in Oradour. All of the children pictured were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. [LCID: 25713]")
A school class of girls in Oradour. All of the children pictured were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. Oradour-sur-Glane, France, photograph taken 1942–43.
Item View![The Machefer family in Oradour. All of the people pictured here, except for the father, were killed by the SS during the June 10, ... [LCID: 25714]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/526d26d7-aa68-480e-a715-099b2091f25f.jpg "The Machefer family in Oradour. All of the people pictured here, except for the father, were killed by the SS during the June 10, ... [LCID: 25714]")
The Machefer family in Oradour. All of the people pictured here, except for the father, were killed by the SS during the June 10, 1944, massacre. Oradour-sur-Glane, France, October 1943.
Item View![The ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane, destroyed by the SS on June 10, 1944. [LCID: 25726]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/41e440dd-e90b-4f1f-96d8-f160ea142b4f.jpg "The ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane, destroyed by the SS on June 10, 1944. [LCID: 25726]")
The ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane, destroyed by the SS on June 10, 1944. Oradour-sur-Glane, France, photograph taken in September 1944.
Item View![Ruins in Oradour-sur-Glane, France. The town was destroyed by the SS on June 10, 1944. [LCID: 25729]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/5b0d1b69-d422-4785-b80a-e039d9c1ff89.jpg "Ruins in Oradour-sur-Glane, France. The town was destroyed by the SS on June 10, 1944. [LCID: 25729]")
Ruins in Oradour-sur-Glane, France. The town was destroyed by the SS on June 10, 1944. Photograph taken in September 1944.
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