What the records say
- When
- 29 Mar 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 58
- Coordinates
- 47.17° N, 16.43° E
- Description
- 1945 mass killing in Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg, Austria
Deutsch Schützen massacre
1945 mass killing in Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg, Austria
The Deutsch Schützen massacre was a 1945 mass killing of at least 57 Hungarian Jewish forced laborers by the Waffen-SS in Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg in Austria. The Hitler Youth-Bannführer Alfred Weber, who was responsible for construction in Deutsch Schützen, gave the order for the massacre.
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