Massacres of civilians during World War II
Massacre of 228 Greek Men, Women & Children by Nazis: Distomo 1944
17m
On 10 June 1944, the SS descended on the Greek village of Distomo. In just hours, 228 civilians—men, women, and children—were slaughtered. Pregnant women were mutilated, infants bayoneted, and homes burned to the ground. This film reveals how Nazi reprisals against partisans turned into one of Greece’s worst atrocities, leaving a village in ashes and history scarred forever, with justice arriving far too late and far too little.
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