Massacre of Kommeno
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The Massacre of Kommeno (Greek: Η σφαγή του Κομμένου; German: Massaker von Kommeno) was a Nazi war crime perpetrated by members of the Wehrmacht in the village of Kommeno, Greece, in 1943, during the German occupation of Greece in World War II.[1][2][3]
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Location | Kommeno, Greece (under German occupation) |
Coordinates | 39°03′00″N 21°02′00″E |
Date | 16 August 1943 |
Target | Population of the village |
Attack type | Mass murder, looting, arson |
Weapons | machine guns, hand-grenades and rifles |
Deaths | 317 |
Perpetrators | Walter Stettner
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Motive | Reprisal for the requisitioning of food by the Greek Resistance in the village |
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