Drakeia massacre

Drakeia Massacre
Drakeia Massacre
	Monument in memory of the 115 victims of the 1943 massacre in Drakeia, Mount Pelion, Greece.
Location	Drakeia, Mount Pelion, Greece
Date	18 December 1943
Target	Civilians
Attack type	Mass murder
Deaths	115
Perpetrators	4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division
Motive	Nazi reprisals
Inquiry	None
Accused	None
Convicted	None

The Drakeia massacre (Greek: Η σφαγή της Δράκειας) refers to the mass execution of 115 men by SS soldiers in the village of Drakeia, located on Mount Pelion, in Thessaly, on 18 December 1943. It was part of the multiple Nazi reprisals against the Greek Resistance in occupied Greece.^[1]^[2]

A wake in memory of the victims is held in the area every year, in the presence of members of the Greek Parliament, members of the Government of Greece and other dignitaries.

References

^ Van Boeschoten, Riki, "Broken Bonds and Divided Memories: Long-term Effects of War Atrocities in a Greek Mountain Village", European Association of Social Anthropologists (2004)
^ Foot, John, Italy's Divided Memory, Palgrave Macmillan (2009) p.146