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Oradour-sur-Vayres
Oradour-sur-Vayres is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.
The massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane occurred based on erroneous intelligence indicating that villagers were holding a German SS officer, who was actually being held in Oradour-sur-Vayres.