The Economic Times

In 1944, a whole village in France was destroyed in World War 2. Instead of rebuilding the haunting ghost village, the country has turned the ruins into a memorial

A French village destroyed during a 1944 World War II massacre was deliberately never rebuilt. Instead, its ruined streets, homes and church were preserved as a memorial to the 643 people killed there. France continues to conserve the site, including traces of bullets and fire, so future generations can understand the scale of the tragedy and remember the community that once lived there.