Drakeia massacre

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Drakeia Massacre
Monument in memory of the 115 victims of the 1943 massacre in Drakeia, Mount Pelion, Greece.
LocationDrakeia, Mount Pelion, Greece
Date18 December 1943
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths115
Perpetrators4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division
MotiveNazi reprisals
InquiryNone
AccusedNone
ConvictedNone

The Drakeia massacre (

Greek Resistance in occupied Greece.[1][2]

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and other dignitaries.

References

  1. ^ Van Boeschoten, Riki, "Broken Bonds and Divided Memories: Long-term Effects of War Atrocities in a Greek Mountain Village", European Association of Social Anthropologists (2004)
  2. ^ Foot, John, Italy's Divided Memory, Palgrave Macmillan (2009) p.146

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