| Metgethen massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Eastern Front (World War II) | |
 The German photo with the original caption "Nahaufnahme von den beiden Frauen und den drei Kindern" (closeup of the two women and the three children). Image courtesy of the Library of Congress | |
| Location | Metgethen, Königsberg, East Prussia |
| Date | Around January-February in 1945 |
| Target | Mostly Germans consisting of women and children |
Attack type | Mass murder by shooting and rape |
| Deaths | 32 |
| Perpetrators | Red Army |
| Motive | Aftermath of Battle of Königsberg |
The Metgethen massacre (German: Massaker von Metgethen) was a massacre of German civilians by the Red Army in the Königsberg, East Prussia, suburb Metgethen, which is now Imeni Alexandra Kosmodemyanskogo in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, circa January–February 1945.