Massacres of civilians during World War II
29 Episodes
The massacres of civilians during World War II were meant to break resistance and spread fear. Instead, they left scars that history can never erase. From Lidice to Lviv, from Oradour to Distomo, the slaughter of men, women, and children stands among the darkest chapters of human history. This collection shares the stories of entire communities destroyed in reprisals and hatred. Each film reveals the suffering, the scale of loss, and the need to remember, ensuring these voices are never forgotten.
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German Edelweiss Division Murdered 153 Greek Villagers: Mousiotitsa Massacre
Episode 1
In the summer of 1943, German troops of the 1st Mountain Division “Edelweiss” descended on the Greek village of Mousiotitsa in Epirus. During two attacks, soldiers looted and burned homes and murdered 153 villagers, including 63 children. The massacre was part of a wider campaign of brutal repris...
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1,755 Yugoslav Civilians Massacred by German Army: Kraljevo 1941
Episode 2
In October 1941, German troops of the 717th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces, carried out mass reprisals in Kraljevo, occupied Yugoslavia. After resistance attacks left German soldiers dead and wounded, civilians were arrested in large numbers and systematically execute...
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Over 10,000 Polish Civilians Killed by the Kaminski Brigade: Ochota Massacre
Episode 3
During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, the collaborationist RONA forces of Bronisław Kaminski entered Warsaw’s Ochota district as part of the German operation to crush the Polish resistance. Over the following days, Polish civilians were murdered, robbed and subjected to widespread violence a...
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25,000 Jews Murdered in Latvia: The Rumbula Tragedy (1941)
Episode 4
In November and December 1941, approximately 25,000 Jews were murdered in the Rumbula Forest near Riga, Latvia, in one of the largest mass killings of the Holocaust.
Organized by SS General Friedrich Jeckeln, the operation took place on 30 November and 8 December 1941. Thousands of Jewish men, w...
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When the Wehrmacht Murdered 86 Belgian Civilians: Vinkt Massacre
Episode 5
In May 1940, during Nazi Germany's invasion of Belgium, soldiers of the Wehrmacht's 225th Infantry Division committed one of the most notorious atrocities of the German campaign in Western Europe. In the villages of Vinkt and Meigem, German troops accused local civilians of attacking their forces...
