What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 36
- Coordinates
- 48.90° N, 10.25° E
- Description
- 1945 American war crime in Germany
Lippach massacre
1945 US war crime in Germany
The Lippach massacre is a war crime committed by the 12th Armored Division of the US Army on 22 April 1945 during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Some 25 US soldiers from the 3rd Provisional Company killed 36 Waffen-SS soldiers and reportedly raped 20 women and girls in the village of Lippach, near Westhausen.
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