What the records say
- When
- 3 May 1945
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 25
- Coordinates
- 53.55° N, 11.67° E
- Description
- 1945 massacre in Germany
Zapel-Ausbau massacre
1945 massacre in Germany
The Zapel-Ausbau massacre was a massacre committed by the SS of Nazi Germany on 3 May 1945 during the final days of World War II in Europe. Twenty-five concentration camp evacuees on a death march were shot by several SS personnel in a barn near the village of Zapel-Ausbau in Mecklenburg.
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