What the records say
- When
- 24 May 1941
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 202
- Coordinates
- 35.45° N, 23.91° E
- Injured
- 202
Alikianos executions
1941 mass shooting of Greek civilians by Nazi German paratroopers in Crete
The Alikianos executions was the mass execution by firing squad of mostly male civilians from Alikianos and nearby villages in Crete, Greece by German paratroopers on 24 May, 2 June, and 1 August 1941 during World War II. The executions were ordered by Generaloberst Kurt Student, commander of the XI Air Corps, in reprisal for the active participation of Cretan civilians in the Battle of Crete.
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