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Kalavryta massacre
Part of the war crimes of the Wehrmacht during World War II
The Massacre of Kalavryta Place of Sacrifice memorial with modern-day Kalavryta in the background
LocationKalavryta, Hellenic State
Date13 December 1943
TargetGreek men and boys
Attack type
Mass murder by firing squads
WeaponsMachine guns and rifles
Deaths693
Perpetrators117th Jäger Division
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The Kalavryta massacre (Greek: Σφαγή των Καλαβρύτων), or the Holocaust of Kalavryta (Ολοκαύτωμα των Καλαβρύτων), 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.[1]

  1. ^ Stephan D. Yada-McNeal, Places of Shame-German and Bulgarian war crimes in Greece 1941-1945. (2018) online

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