What the records say
- When
- 14 Apr 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 13
- Coordinates
- 49.20° N, 9.79° E
- Description
- April 1945 US war crime in Germany
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Jungholzhausen massacre
April 1945 US war crime in Germany
The Jungholzhausen massacre is a war crime committed by the 63rd Infantry Division of the US Army on 15 April 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Between 13 and 30 Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht prisoners of war were executed by the division's 254th Infantry Regiment after heavy fighting near the village of Jungholzhausen.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Jungholzhausen Katliamı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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