Caption

Burnt church. The burnt village of Oradour-sur-Glane was destroyed on 10 June 1944 when 642 of its inhabitants, including woman and children, were massacred by a German Waffen SS company, Limousin, France, Europe

Date

Apr 30, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra

Reference

BRK24G04_464

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (2,2Mb) / 9,4in x 14,2in / 2832 x 4256 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty Memorial Memorials Monument Memorial site ruin ruins Ruined building Ruined buildings church churches Church building Kirche building buildings structure construction constructions sacral building sacred building religious building religious buildings village villages archeology archaeology archeology excavation excavations Second World War World War II World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII WW 2 history world war world wars two 2 10th tenth child children kid kids woman women women's woman's womans German Europe Europe's village town place spot Ruins complex ruin site ruins site historic historical historically tourist attraction tourist attractions place of interest Famous Place Famous Places sight landmark tourist landmark places of interest tourist spot female females rural damage damages damaged archeological archaeological archeologic archaeologic France old oldest burnt burned person persons Human being People human humans individual individuals bust destroyed wrecked broken damaged defective corrupted rural village excavation site excavation sites excavation field heritage heritages war wars townscape townscapes local view view of the village town view Overview of the town travel photography ancient civilization ancient civilizations Limousin Limousin region ancient city ancient cities ruined city ruined town ruined towns countryside in the country archaeological site archaeological sites archaeological area archaeological areas 1939-1945 Oradour-sur-Glane Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne department Western europe