Русская версияFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has paid homage to 124 civilians,
mostly women and children, who were killed in a Nazi atrocity
during World War II.
The Maillé massacre on August 25, 1944 has
long been overshadowed in France's national memory because on the
same day Paris was liberated from German occupation. Sarkozy said
the ceremony was meant to right a historic wrong. 28 survivors took
part in the commemoration in the village south of the city of
Tours. No German soldiers or officers were ever tried for the
killings.
(Deutsche Welle)
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