List of massacres in Germany
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in present-day Germany and its predecessors:
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massacre of Verden | 782 | Verden, Lower Saxony | 4,500 | mass killing of Saxons by Frankish king Charlemagne during his campaign to conquer and Christianize their territory in today's Northern Germany |
| Celler Hasenjagd | April 10, 1945 | Celle, Germany | 300 | killing of KZ inmates by SS guards and Nazi officials in the last days of the Second World War |
| Dachau massacre | April 29, 1945 | near Dachau | 560 | killing of concentration camp German guards and returning SS Troops by liberation US troops in the last days of the Second World War |
| SS Cap Arcona | May 3, 1945 | near Lübeck | 7,000-7,500 | killing of concentration camp inmates by RAF in the last days of the Second World War |
| Munich massacre | September 5-6, 1972 | Munich, West Germany | 17 | Palestinian terrorists killed Israeli athletes. |
| Duisburg massacre | August 15, 2007 | Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 6 | ongoing feud between Italian mobsters. |
| Erfurt massacre | April 26, 2002 | Erfurt | 17 | school shooting; 7 injured |
| Winnenden school shooting | March 11, 2009 | Winnenden | 16 | 9 injured |
