French leaders condemned the vandalism at the sacred memorial
On June 10, 1944, an SS armored division herded villagers into barns and a church, and set them ablaze, killing 642 people. Only six survived.French President Emmanuel Macron attends a visit of the ruins in the French martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, France June 10, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Saturday that “all will be done” to arrest those responsible.
"Everything will be done to ensure that the authors of this are brought to justice," Macron said in a statement, Agence France-Presse reported. He added that he condemned in the most vehement terms this "unspeakable" act.“Shame on those who did this,” Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti tweeted. “All will be done to find and judge those who committed these sacrilegious acts.”
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen tweeted, “It’s time for once and for all ... to stop the recurrence of these acts that hurt us all.” While a new village has been built, the ruins of the old town have been cared for as a reminder of Nazi horrors. The massacre occurred four days after the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. The killings were believed to have been ordered in retaliation for the kidnapping of a German soldier by the French Resistance.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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