Razing of Kandanos
The Razing of Kandanos, also known as the Holocaust of Kandanos, was a War crime perpetrated by Nazi troops during the Invasion of Crete in 1941.
| “ | Kandanos wurde als Vergeltung für den bestialischen Hinterhaltsmord eines Fallschirmjägerzuges und eines halben Zugs von Militäringenieuren durch bewaffnete Männer und Frauen zerstört. (Translated: Kandanos was destroyed in retaliation for the bestial ambush murder of a paratrooper platoon and a half-platoon of military engineers by armed men and women.) | „ |
| ~ A German notice declaring the destruction of Kandanos. |
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After the surrender of Crete on 31st May 1941, paratrooper commander Kurt Student ordered a series of reprisals to be committed against the civilian populace as revenge for casualties inflicted upon his men. A day after the Kondomari Massacre, another war crime committed under Student's orders, troops lead by Horst Trebes reached the town of Kandanos and proceeded to slaughter 180 residents and all the town's livestock before dynamiting the town. The troops also did the same to nearby towns such as Floria and Kakopetro soon after.