Pyrgoi massacre
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The Pyrgoi massacre was a large-scale massacre on April 23, 1944, in Kozani, Greece, perpetrated by Germans with local accomplices.[1] It was the second largest slaughter of Greek civilians, after the Kalavryta massacre.[citation needed] Records indicate that 563 men, women, and children were killed on that day.[1] Among the atrocities that were committed, women and children were rounded up and burned alive.[2]
Colonel Karl Schümers, commander of the 7th constitution armored Grenadier police of the SS, was responsible for the massacres in Pyrgoi, Kleisoura Kastoria, and Distomo Boeotia which killed 862 men, women and children.
The survivors were forced to walk to Ptolemaida and town completely destroyed. Each year to Pyrgoi being present in established memorial for the victims of the Holocaust, the Greek President.
The events of April 1944 were later the subject of documentaries.
Gallery
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The Monument of the Nazis' massacre in Pyrgoi (Katranitsa)
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Wreath from small children to the monument of the Nazis' Holocaust in Pyrgoi
References
- ^ a b "New Online Video Archive with Memories of Witnesses of the German Occupation in Greece from 1941 to 1944". Freie Universität Berlin. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ Zielke, Kerrin (July 9, 2018). "Zeitzeugen-Archiv: Die Stimmen der Opfer". Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
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