The massacre of Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane.
The Tulle massacre is the name for the war crimes committed against the civilian population of the French town of Tulle (department of Corrèze). A total of 99 civilians were killed by hanging and 149 others were deported to the Dachau concentration camp, 101 of whom would not return.
The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane took place on 10 June 1944 in the French town of Oradour-sur-Glane. The village was enclosed that day by the first regiment 'Der Führer' of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich and finally destroyed. In this raid, 642 people were slaughtered. Only six people survived the massacre.
