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German president visits France WWII massacre site
Source: BBC
German President Joachim Gauck has become the first senior dignitary from his country to visit Oradour-sur-Glane in France, where 642 people were killed by Nazi troops in June 1944 ...
President Gauck said that he had accepted a French invitation to visit the site with "gratitude and humility".
More than 200 children were among the victims of the World War II atrocity that left deep scars in France.
After the war Gen Charles de Gaulle - who later became France's president - ordered the village not to be rebuilt but instead remain a memorial to the evils of Nazi occupation. A new village was built nearby ...
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23958458
