Monument for the victims of the Lyngiades Massacre

Local nameΜνημείο ολοκαυτώματος Λιγκιάδων
LocationIoannina, Greece

The Lingiades massacre, on 3 October 1943, was a Nazi German war crime committed by members of the 1st Mountain Division of the Wehrmacht Heer during the Axis occupation of Greece. The village of Lingiades, near Ioannina in northwestern Greece, was arbitrarily chosen as a target for reprisals by the Wehrmacht due to the killing of a German officer by members of the Greek Resistance. The vast majority of the victims were children, women, and elderly.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngiades_massacre

Address (Unnamed Road), Λιγκιάδες 45500, Greece

Coordinates 39°41'25.803" N 20°53'18.43" E

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