The Tram line
In the early evening of 10 June, the Germans stopped the last tram from Limoges as it approached Oradour. SS soldiers forced twenty-two residents of the commune of Oradour to step off the tram before sending it back to Limoges. The passengers were held for two hours and then released with no explanation. Terrified, they took refuge in the nearby hamlets or spent the night in the woods.