December 13, 1943 marks the date of the worst massacre committed in Greece by the Nazis occupying the country , as more than 500 innocent civilians were executed, and the entire town of Kalavryta was burned to the ground. The Massacre of Kalavryta, also known as the Holocaust of Kalavryta, was carried out by the German Army’s 117th Jäger Division. The extermination of the male population of Kalavryta was in retaliation for the execution of 68 German soldiers who had been captured by the Greek Resistance . “Operation Kalavryta”, or “Unternehmen Kalavryta”, was a typical German act of retaliation in...
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