Massacre of Kalavryta

When

13 Dec 1943

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

693

Coordinates

38.03° N, 22.12° E

Description

1943 massacre perpetrated by Wehrmacht in Greece

1943 razing of Kalavryta by Nazi troops during the Axis occupation of Greece

The Kalavryta massacre, or the Holocaust of Kalavryta, was the near-extermination of the male population and the total destruction of the town of Kalavryta, Axis-occupied Greece, by the 117th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) during World War II, on 13 December 1943.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Massacre of Kalavryta – The occupying 117th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) machine-guns all adult males from Kalavryta, Greece, subsequently burning the town”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Massaker von Kalavryta auf Anordnung des Generalmajors Karl von Le Suire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de 1 436 civils par la Wehrmacht à Kalávryta en Grèce”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Резня в Калаврите”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page