What the records say
- When
- Mar 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 208
- Coordinates
- 51.38° N, 8.34° E
- Description
- Massacre of Forced Labourers by Nazi Germany
Arnsberg Forest massacre
1945 massacre of forced labourers by Nazi Germany
The Arnsberg Forest massacre was a series of mass extrajudicial killings of 208 forced labourers and POWs (Ostarbeiter), mainly of Russian and Polish descent, by Nazi troops under the command of Hans Kammler from 20 to 23 March 1945.
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