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World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.

Historical image related to World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece. from December 13, 1943

Kalavryta massacre

1943 razing of Kalavryta by Nazi troops during the Axis occupation of Greece

The Kalavryta massacre, or the Holocaust of Kalavryta, 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.
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