What the records say
- When
- 1 Apr 1941
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 47.98° N, 25.88° E
- Description
- massacre on 1 April 1941, in Northern Bukovina
Fântâna Albă massacre
1941 mass killing of ethnic Romanians by Soviet troops at the Romanian–Soviet border
The Fântâna Albă massacre took place on 1 April 1941 in Northern Bukovina when up to 200 civilians were killed by Soviet Border Troops as they attempted to cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania near the village of Fântâna Albă, now Staryi Vovchynets in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.
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