Malin massacre | |
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Part of World War II | |
Location | Malin |
Date | 13 July 1943 |
Deaths | 532–603 |
Victims | Polish-Ukrainian-Czech civils |
Perpetrators | SS, Schutzmannschaft |
Assailants | SS, Schutzmannschaft |
Motive | Nazi Germany's policy |
The Malin massacre consisted of mass killings and looting committed on 13 July 1943 by Germans and policemen from the collaborationist auxiliary police in the village of Malin, in the Dubien district of the pre-war Volhynia Voivodeship. The crimes resulted in the deaths of between 532 and 603 people, mainly the Czechs, Ukrainians and Poles.