A German detail rode into town, assembled the inhabitants, locked the woman and children in the local church and then shot all present men. A little later they set fire to the church, where 250 women and 200 children were burnt to death. 642 victims, only a handful managed to escape.
The French government left the village in its burnt down state, as a living monument to atrocities of war.
You can visit the site, quite a chilling place. Above the sketch of the rusted and burnt car, below a sketch of the ruins of the parish church. All made on location.