Distomo Massacre Memorial
Distomo Massacre Memorial
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REDMAN
Egaleo, Greece5,053 contributions
Jan 2019 • Friends
A sad memorial. A whole village gathered and executed by the nazis in World War 2.
These times should never return and educate the people around you for that reason...
These times should never return and educate the people around you for that reason...
Written January 7, 2019
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Julia P
Reading, UK48 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
Stopped briefly at this memorial. Would have spent longer but we arrived during a hurricane. The memorial is on the top of a hill with beautiful views. It lists all the names of the townspeople who were massacred by the Nazis and their ages. Children as young as 2 months were killed. Impossible not to be deeply moved!!
Written October 11, 2018
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Michael M
Durham, UK155 contributions
Oct 2015 • Family
This was a very poignant reminder of the horrors that the Greeks suffered during WW2 under the Nazis.
A monument to hundreds of people from one small village rounded up and killed by the Nazis in retaliation to attacks by resistance fighters.
Reading through all the names you can see how whole families were wiped out and their ages with some being babies.
Our taxi driver brought us here on a day trip out and even now his accounts of what the Germans did during the war bring back a frightening reminder of how inhuman man can be to others.
A monument to hundreds of people from one small village rounded up and killed by the Nazis in retaliation to attacks by resistance fighters.
Reading through all the names you can see how whole families were wiped out and their ages with some being babies.
Our taxi driver brought us here on a day trip out and even now his accounts of what the Germans did during the war bring back a frightening reminder of how inhuman man can be to others.
Written January 25, 2016
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Loe D
Tongeren, Belgium501 contributions
Apr 2015 • Solo
Distomo is currently a nice village but is best known for the massacre of 214 men, women and children by the SS in 1944. Incredible that people can be blinded to commit such attrocities.
Written May 19, 2015
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Peter K
Adelaide, Australia355 contributions
Oct 2014 • Solo
A town with a tragic history due to the massacre of its population by the Germans in 1944.
If you intend on visiting Ossios Loukas which is on the same road, it's well worth the stop to pay your respects at the memorial. There is also a museum inside the town opposite the mayors office with photos of all the victims & also photos of their skulls where one can see the bullet holes.
I visited here in October 2013.
If you intend on visiting Ossios Loukas which is on the same road, it's well worth the stop to pay your respects at the memorial. There is also a museum inside the town opposite the mayors office with photos of all the victims & also photos of their skulls where one can see the bullet holes.
I visited here in October 2013.
Written January 19, 2015
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Thomas B
Seattle, WA10 contributions
Jul 2019
We were driving north to Arachova and came upon this memorial. It's all in Greek, so we had a hard time understanding it, but translated it later and came to learn that the Waffen-SS killed 214 men, women and children in the town of Distomo. Very heart rending.
Written November 11, 2019
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Martin Q
Weston super Mare, UK34 contributions
Jun 2018 • Couples
Not many have heard about this massacre of 218 villagers in 1944 but please pay your respects if close by. This is a war crime from only 74 years ago and the descendants of those who died are still fighting for justice. “When will we ever learn”. A very moving experience.
Written June 22, 2018
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Fergs85
Thornton-Le-Dale, UK1,080 contributions
Aug 2017 • Couples
The village was the site of a notorious massacre by the Waffen SS on 10th June, 1944. There had been some Greek resistance in the area, including an ambush of a German column, but there was no direct link with the village. Nevertheless 218 villagers, men women and children were slaughtered as an act of reprisal.
It was only in the 1980’s that a powerful memorial to the dead was put in place on the hill above the village. It’s signposted and possible to either walk or drive up to see it – not to be missed, a powerful evocation of the horrors of war.
Tip: combine a visit to Distomo with a visit to the nearby monastery of Hosios Loukas.
Second tip: if you are moved by this place, then try to get across the Gulf of Corinth to Kalavryta so as to visit another massacre site.
It was only in the 1980’s that a powerful memorial to the dead was put in place on the hill above the village. It’s signposted and possible to either walk or drive up to see it – not to be missed, a powerful evocation of the horrors of war.
Tip: combine a visit to Distomo with a visit to the nearby monastery of Hosios Loukas.
Second tip: if you are moved by this place, then try to get across the Gulf of Corinth to Kalavryta so as to visit another massacre site.
Written October 28, 2017
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Efi R
10 contributions
Apr 2016 • Friends
It 's a quite shocking experience because no human being can understand why this massacre took place and almost a whole village was slaughtered in the most atrocious way.. Only sadness and disgust for the executioners...
Written August 30, 2016
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Patrick L
Trie-sur-Baise, France256 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
On top of the hill above the village a well maintained site with a well designed marble abstract monument, listing the dead and their ages.
It only lacked an explanation in multiple languages of the significance of the mausoleum which we obtained over coffee from a village resident in the village. There are still a few of the residents who remember the events of that regrettable day.
It only lacked an explanation in multiple languages of the significance of the mausoleum which we obtained over coffee from a village resident in the village. There are still a few of the residents who remember the events of that regrettable day.
Written October 9, 2015
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This is a memorial site not far from the town centre on the main road through the town. Fairly well signposted and is open apart from the mausoleum at all times. Very moving.
Written August 1, 2018
les heures d'ouverture et est ce ouvert le lundi et sur l'heure de midi
Written November 15, 2017
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