Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
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The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre was a World War II atrocity in which German forces destroyed a French village and killed nearly all of its inhabitants, leaving the ruins preserved as a memorial.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oradour-sur-Glane massacre canonical | 6 |
| Massacre d’Oradour-sur-Glane | 1 |
| Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane | 1 |
| Oradour-sur-Glane | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T842805 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oradour-sur-Glane massacre Context triple: [Waffen-SS, perpetrated, Oradour-sur-Glane massacre]
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A.
Tulle massacre of June 1944
The Tulle massacre of June 1944 was a World War II atrocity in which German SS troops publicly hanged and deported dozens of French civilians in the town of Tulle as a brutal reprisal against Resistance activities.
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B.
Massacre of Vassy
The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
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C.
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a World War II mass execution of thousands of Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940.
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D.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
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E.
September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of brutal killings of prisoners in Paris in early September 1792, reflecting the radicalization and violent popular justice that marked a turning point in the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oradour-sur-Glane massacre Target entity description: The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre was a World War II atrocity in which German forces destroyed a French village and killed nearly all of its inhabitants, leaving the ruins preserved as a memorial.
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A.
Tulle massacre of June 1944
The Tulle massacre of June 1944 was a World War II atrocity in which German SS troops publicly hanged and deported dozens of French civilians in the town of Tulle as a brutal reprisal against Resistance activities.
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B.
Massacre of Vassy
The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
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C.
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a World War II mass execution of thousands of Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940.
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D.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
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E.
September Massacres
The September Massacres were a wave of brutal killings of prisoners in Paris in early September 1792, reflecting the radicalization and violent popular justice that marked a turning point in the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi war crime
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World War II atrocity ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aftermath | village ruins preserved in situ ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Centre de la mémoire d’Oradour ⓘ |
| commemorativePractice | annual remembrance ceremonies ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 10 June 1944 ⓘ |
| FrenchName |
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Massacre d’Oradour-sur-Glane
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| hasMemorialType |
martyred village (village martyr) in France
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open-air memorial site ⓘ |
| impact |
strong influence on French collective memory of World War II
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subject of historical research and trials ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| legalCharacterization | crime against humanity ⓘ |
| location |
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Oradour-sur-Glane
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| memorialStatus |
preserved as a memorial village
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site of national remembrance in France ⓘ |
| method |
burning
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destruction of buildings ⓘ shooting ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
burned-out church
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destroyed houses and vehicles ⓘ original ruins left untouched ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | around 643 ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Waffen-SS ⓘ |
| perpetratorUnit | 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
symbol of Nazi atrocities in France
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symbol of civilian suffering in war ⓘ |
| region |
Haute-Vienne
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
French Resistance
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German occupation of France ⓘ |
| result |
death of almost all inhabitants
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destruction of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentary films
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museum exhibitions ⓘ numerous history books ⓘ |
| target |
civilian population
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inhabitants of Oradour-sur-Glane ⓘ |
| victimType |
children
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men ⓘ women ⓘ |
| year | 1944 ⓘ |
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Subject: Oradour-sur-Glane massacre Description of subject: The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre was a World War II atrocity in which German forces destroyed a French village and killed nearly all of its inhabitants, leaving the ruins preserved as a memorial.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oradour-sur-Glane
this entity surface form:
Massacre d’Oradour-sur-Glane
this entity surface form:
Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane