Holocaust of Kedros

When

22 Aug 1944

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

164

Coordinates

35.21° N, 24.62° E

Description

massacre of Greek civilians by Nazi Germany, 1944

1944 Nazi German massacre in Greece

The Holocaust of Kedros, also known as the Holocaust of Amari, was the mass murder of the civilian residents of nine villages located in the Amari Valley on the Greek island of Crete during its occupation by the Axis powers in World War II.

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