The only non-motorsport based stop on my recent trip around France was to visit the ruined town of Oradour-Sur-Glane.
The town was annihilated by the German Army in 1944, who were seeking to exact revenge on the suspects of the murder of a German officer. They mistook Oradour-Sur-Glane for the town of Oradour-Sur-Vayres and killed all the inhabitants and burned the bodies in the streets.
The town has been preserved as it was in 1944 and now serves as a memorial to those who lost their lives.
It was a very interesting, yet harrowing experience. That the town remains how it once was provides an interesting insight into past times, while also making the atrocities committed here all the more real.
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