Drakeia massacre

When

18 Dec 1943

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

115

Coordinates

39.38° N, 23.05° E

Description

Nazi atrocity in Greece during WWII

Nazi atrocity in Greece during WWII

The Drakeia massacre refers to the mass execution of 115 men by SS soldiers in the village of Drakeia, located on Mount Pelion, in Thessaly, on 18 December 1943. It was part of the multiple Nazi reprisals against the Greek Resistance in occupied Greece.

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