Kalavryta massacre

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

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