Jilava massacre

When

26 Nov 1940 – 27 Nov 1940

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

64

Coordinates

44.34° N, 26.11° E

Description

1940 massacre in Romania

1940 massacre in Romania

The Jilava massacre took place during the night of 26 November 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania. Sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard (Legion), with further high-profile assassinations in the immediate aftermath.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la cárcel de Jilava ― una aldea a 10 km al sur de Bucarest (Rumanía)― miembros de la antisemita Guardia de Hierro, en venganza por el anterior asesinato de…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page