Kragujevac massacre

The Kragujevac massacre was the mass murder of between 2,778 and 2,794 Serb men and boys by German soldiers on 21 October 1941. It occurred in the German-occupied territory of Serbia during World War II, and came in reprisal for insurgent attacks in the Gornji Milanovac district. The massacre had a profound effect on the course of the war in...