The Executions of Kokkinia (Greek: Μπλόκο της Κοκκινιάς) took place on the August 17, 1944, and was the largest Nazi roundup and one of the largest-scale war crimes perpetrated during the German occupation of Greece. The operation was carried out by members of the Luftwaffe and collaborationist Security Battalions, and involved the execution of hundreds of civilians (mostly partisans), thousands of hostages being sent to concentration camps, and the burning down of entire house blocks, as well as significant atrocities. The massacre was partly in retaliation for the Germans' defeat in Battle of Kokkinia five months before, on 4-8 March 1944. The leaders and members of the Security Battalions involved in the killings were never convicted by the Greek state.
To Μπλόκο της Κοκκινιάς συνέβη στις 17 Αυγούστου 1944 στην Κοκκινιά, από τις δυνάμεις κατοχής σε συνεργασία με το 1ο Σύνταγμα Ευζώνων των Ταγμάτων Ασφαλείας και της Ειδικής Ασφάλειας.
Облава в Кокинье (греч. Το Μπλόκο της Κοκκινιάς), в ходе которой немецкие оккупационные войска произвели массовые расстрелы в этом пирейском квартале (ныне Никея) — одна из самых известных операций подобного рода, совершённая вермахтом на территории Греции в 1944 году.
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