Massacre

Altona Bloody Sunday

17 Jul 1932 · 53.55° N, 9.95° E

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When
17 Jul 1932
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
18
Coordinates
53.55° N, 9.95° E
Description
April 1932 political clash in Germany

Altona Bloody Sunday

1932 clash between Nazi and Communist demonstrators in Prussia

Altona Bloody Sunday is the name given to the events of 17 July 1932 when a recruitment march by the Nazi SA led to violent clashes between the police, the SA and supporters of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in Altona, which at the time belonged to the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein but is now part of Hamburg. Eighteen people were killed.

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