Oradour‐sur‐Glane

Japanese: オラドゥール・シュル・グラヌ(英語表記)Oradour‐sur‐Glane
Oradour‐sur‐Glane
A town in the Haute-Bienne department in central France. Population 1,670 (1975). Located about 20 km northwest of Limoges, it is known for the massacre of its residents carried out by retreating Nazi SS troops on June 10, 1944. The victims totaled 650, including 500 women and children who were locked in a church and burned to death, and only a few survived. The original town has been preserved as a memorial to this tragedy, and a new town has been built nearby. [Inoue Takahiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
フランス中部,オート・ビエンヌ県の町。人口1670(1975)。リモージュの北西約20kmにあり,1944年6月10日,撤退中のナチス・ドイツ親衛隊により,住民の大虐殺が行われたことで知られる。犠牲者は,教会に閉じ込められて焼殺された500人の婦女子を含め650人にのぼり,生存者はわずか数人にすぎなかった。当時の町はこの悲劇を記念して保存され,かたわらに,新しい町が建設されている。【井上 尭裕】

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