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World Service,18 May 1994,41 mins
Oradour-sur-Glane
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In June 1944, there were 642 men, women and children living Oradour-sur-Glane in South-West France. They'd had an easy war with less rationing and more food than the urban centres. Then at 2pm, German soldiers arrived, gathered them together, and killed them all. The story of that day is told by historians, writers, and interviews with the handful of survivors. And a new theory is advanced: was it all about Nazi gold?
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