07-20-2006, 11:50 PM
Oradour Sur Glane was shown in the very first episode of the famous series The World At War, which opens with the narrative "One day...the soldiers came". The SS did this supposedly in retaliation for several German soldiers being killed by Partizans. In any case it has stood for over 60 years now as a "Ghost town" and a sad reminder of Nazi brutality in WWII.
Jim