Better late than never. German authorities said on Monday they had raided the homes of six men suspected of taking part in a massacre in a French village in 1944. According to Deutsche Welle the raids were carried out across Germany within the past few weeks. The six suspects are believed to have been members of an elite Waffen-SS unit.
The men, aged 18 and 19 at the time, have either "denied their participation in the massacre" or were "unfit for questioning," prosecutors said. They are now aged 85 and 86.
Authorities had hoped that the raids would unearth documents, such as diaries or photos, linking the men to the massacre site. However, prosecutors acknowledged that "no significant evidence had been uncovered."
The massacre took place in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane near Limoges on June 10, 1944...
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