List of massacres in the Czech Republic

Massacres before World War II

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the territory of nowadays Czech Republic before World War II (the numbers include the civilian deads only):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Massacre in Běchovice	June 17, 1848	Prague	7 (at least)	at least 50 injured; part of 1848's revolution
Massacre in Kadaň (Massaker von Kaaden)	4 March 1919	Kadaň	17	complete toll 25 (including those of about 70 injured who later died); part of 4 March's general strike in German provinces
Massacre in Šternberk (Massaker von Sternberg)	4 March 1919	Šternberk	15	part of 4 March's general strike in German provinces
Frývaldov strike (Freiwaldau strike)	25 November 1931	Dolní Lipová	8	at least 13 injured; part of Great Depression strike movement

Massacres during World War II

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the territory of nowadays Czech Republic in the time of Nazi occupation, World War II and 1945 (the numbers include the civilian deads only):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
First Martial Law (First Heydrichiada)	28 September 1941 - 19 January 1942	Praha	247	complete toll about 1500 (including those executed and other deads in concentration camps); part of German occupation
First Martial Law (First Heydrichiada)	28 September 1941 - 19 November 1941	Brno	239	complete toll about 1000 (including those executed and other deads in concentration camps); part of German occupation
Massacre in Lidice	10 June 1942	Lidice	173	complete toll 340 (including deads in concentration camps); part of German occupation
Massacre in Ležáky	24 June 1942	Ležáky	33	complete toll 44 (including deads in concentration camps); part of German occupation
Liquidation of the Family Camp	8–9 March 1944	Auschwitz-Birkenau	3,792	although committed outside the territory of Czech Republic, this was the biggest mass murder of Czech citizens in history; part of Holocaust
Massacre in Životice	6 August 1944	Životice	36	complete toll 44 (including deads in concentration camps); part of German occupation
Transport of death	24 January 1945	Brandýs nad Orlicí	18	part of the Death marches[1]
Transport of death	13–14 April 1945	Stod (Czech Republic)	241	part of the Death marches
Massacre in Jablunkov	13 April 1945	Jablunkov	12	Polish prisoners murdered by gestapo; part of German occupation
Transport of death	15 April 1945	Nýřany	about 100	part of the Death marches
Murder in Gästehaus	17 April 1945	Kyjov	7	complete toll 9 (including two men subsequently shot on street); part of German occupation[2]
Massacre in Ploština	19 April 1945	Ploština	24	complete toll 28 (including subsequent executions); part of German occupation
Massacre in Zákřov	20 April 1945	Zákřov	19	part of German occupation
Killing in clay pit	20(?) April 1945	Mikulov	21	mass murder of Hungarian Jewish prisoners working in clay pit; part of Holocaust
Court-martial in Medlánky	21 April 1945	Brno-Medlánky	15	part of German occupation
Massacre in Prlov	23 April 1945	Prlov	19	complete toll 23 (including subsequent executions); part of German occupation
Massacre near Salaš	29 April 1945	Bunč	21	part of German occupation
Massacre near Suchý	30 April 1945	Suchý	10	part of German occupation
Massacre in Letovice	May (?) 1945	Letovice	19	the bodies of murdered gestapo prisoners were discovered on 15. May; part of German occupation
Last execution in Theresienstadt	2 May 1945	Theresienstadt	52	at the request of K.H.Frank the "most dangerous" political prisoners were murdered; part of German occupation
Execution in Lazce	2 May 1945	Olomouc-Lazce	23	21 participants or hostages captured during the uprising in Přerov and 2 local members of the resistance; part of German occupation
Execution in Fort XIII	2 May 1945	Olomouc-Nová ulice	17	captured participants of the uprising in Přerov and hostages; part of German occupation
Transport of death	May 3–6, 1945	Olbramovice	82	part of the Death marches
Death march	May 4–6, 1945	Podbořany-Kaštice	268	complete toll cca 600 (including those killed or died on the way from Johanngeorgenstadt to Lovosice); part of the Death marches
Massacre in Javoříčko	5 May 1945	Javoříčko	38	part of German occupation
Brandýs Tragedy	5 May 1945	Brandýs nad Orlicí	15	part of German occupation[3]
Death march	6 May 1945	Volary	95	complete toll cca 1000 (including those killed or died on the way from Helmbrecht to Volary); part of the Death marches
Massacre in Velké Meziříčí	6 May 1945	Velké Meziříčí	58	complete toll 60 (including subsequent executions); part of German occupation
Massacre in Prague, Úsobská street	6 May 1945	Prague	51	part of Prague uprising
Massacre in Psáry	6 May 1945	Psáry	13	part of Prague uprising
Kolín massacre	7 May 1945	Kolín	16	part of German occupation
Massacre in Třešť	7 May 1945	Třešť	34	part of German occupation
Massacre in Velké Popovice	7 May 1945	Velké Popovice	29	part of German occupation
Massacre in Lahovice	7 May 1945	Prague-Lahovice	21	part of Prague uprising
Massacre in Masarykovo nádraží	8 May 1945	Prague	53	part of Prague uprising
Massacre in Trhová Kamenice	8 May 1945	Trhová Kamenice	13	part of German occupation
Malín tragedy	8 May 1945	Kutná Hora-Malín	11	part of German occupation
Massacre of Germans in Bořislavka	9 May 1945	Prague-Bořislavka	41	part of Prague uprising, unlike previous massacres in Prague, this time the victims were Germans
Massacre in Běloves	9 May 1945	Náchod	9	part of German occupation; this massacre was committed by Waffen-SS whole day after the German surrender came into force
Massacre in Lanškroun	May 17–21, 1945	Lanškroun	at least 51	part of the expulsion of Germans
Massacre in Německý Šicndorf	19 May 1945	Dobronín	12-15	part of the expulsion of Germans
Massacre in Postoloprty	May 25–30, 1945	Postoloprty	at least 230	part of the expulsion of Germans
Massacre in Podbořany	7 June 1945	Podbořany	68	part of the expulsion of Germans
Massacre in Postoloprty	June 3–7, 1945	Postoloprty	at least 500	part of the expulsion of Germans; in 1947 in total 763 bodies were found in Postoloprty, but some of the mass graves were attributed to the Death march from the end of the war
Massacre in Švédské Šance	June 18-19, 1945	Přerov	265	part of the expulsion of Germans
Tragedy at Buková hora	30 June 1945	Teplice nad Metují	23	part of the expulsion of Germans; women, children and old men were marched to the border to be expelled; as Polish authorities refused entry, the Germans were killed[4]
Ústí massacre	31 July 1945	Ústí nad Labem	80-2700	part of the expulsion of Germans

Massacres after World War II

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the territory of nowadays Czech Republic after 1945:

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Jeseník tragedy	27 February 1967	Jeseník	8	mentally ill Josef Svoboda killed with an ax his family and then committed suicide[5]
Tragedy at the tram stop	10 July 1973	Praha	8	truck-murderer Olga Hepnarová[6]
Uherský Brod shooting	24 February 2015	Uherský Brod	9	mentally ill Zdeněk Kovář shot the guests in restaurant and then committed suicide[7]

References

1. "SPOLEČNÝ HROB VĚZŇŮ Z TRANSPORTU Z OSVĚTIMI". Římskokatolická farnost Brandýs nad Orlicí. Společenství farníků farnost Brandýs nad Orlicí. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. Dunděra, Jiří (7 May 2010). "Poslední dny války na Kyjovsku" (PDF). Kyjovské noviny 5: p. 4. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. Hubený, Jaroslav (1 May 2015). "Padni komu padni. Tak píše příběhy roku 1945 Jiří Padevět". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
4. Ježek, Jan. "Na Bukové hoře". Krajinou a přírodou východních Čech. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
5. Krňávek, Petr (11 July 2013). "Jesenická tragédie: sedm mrtvých rukou jediného vraha". deník.cz. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
6. "OLGA HEPNAROVÁ - TRAGÉDIE NA ZASTÁVCE". Policie-CR.cz. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
7. "Czech shooting: Gunman kills eight in Uhersky Brod". BBC. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

See also

• List of massacres in Slovakia