Russian and Polish forced labourers and Prisoners of War
Perpetrator
Nazi Germany
Hans Kammler
The Arnsberg Forest massacre (also known as the Massacre in Arnsberg Woods) was a series of mass extrajudicial killings of 208 forced labourers and POWs (Ostarbeiter), mainly of Russian and Polish descent,[1][2] by Nazi troops under the command of Hans Kammler[3] from 20 to 23 March 1945.
As of 2021, only 14 of the 208 victims have been identified.
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