NewzBetween September 14 and 16, 1943, German occupation forces perpetrated the Viannos massacres against civilians in villages situated between Viannos and Ierapetra on the island of Crete.
This atrocity occurred during the broader context of the Nazi occupation of Greece in the Second World War, representing one of the deadliest war crimes carried out by German forces on Greek soil.
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