List of massacres in Slovakia
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The following is a list of massacres that have been occurred in the territory of today's Slovakia (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Černová massacre | October 27, 1907 | Csernova, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ružomberok, Slovakia) | 15 | 52 injured. Perpetrators were gendarmes of Kingdom of Hungary, firing into a crowd of Slovak people gathering for the consecration of the local Catholic church[1] |
| Prešporok Massacre | February 12, 1919 | Prešporok, First Czechoslovak Republic (de facto) (today Bratislava, Slovakia) | 9 | 32 severely injured. Victims were German and Hungarian protestors organised by Social Democrats, shortly after the city was occupied by Czechoslovak forces[2] |
| Nemčice massacre | 11 September 1944 | Nemčice, Slovak Republic | 53 | Perpetrated by Einsatzkommando 14. Victims were Slovak Jews, including women and children.[3] |
| Hájniky massacre | 16-17 September 1944 | Between Hájniky and Rybáre (currently Sliač), Slovak Republic | 11-12 | Perpetrated by partisans of 1st Czechoslovak brigade "M. R. Štefánik". Among the murdered was also a priest and member of Slovak parliament, Anton Šalát.[4] |
| Sklené massacre | 21 September 1944 | Sklené, Slovak Republic | 187 | Perpetrated by 3rd company of 8th troop of 1st Czechoslovak partisan brigade of J. V. Stalin, mostly of Slovak ethnicity. German inhabitants of Sklené were loaded to freight train and afterwards murdered and buried in mass grave near the village.[5][6] |
| Martin massacre | 3 October 1944 | Turčiansky Svätý Martin, Slovak Republic | 48 | Perpetrated by Einsatzkommando 14. Victims were murdered because of their actual or alleged involvement in partisan warfare.[3] |
| Kľak Valley Massacre | 21 January 1945 | Kľak and Ostrý Grúň, Slovak Republic | 148 | Soldiers of German anti-partisan unit Abwehrgruppe 218 (Edelweiss) and paramilitary Heimatschutz have perpetrated a massacre of villagers of two villages for their alleged help to partisans. Afterwards they burned down both villages.[7][8] |
| Devínska Nová Ves massacre | 10 June 1945 | Devínska Nová Ves, Third Czechoslovak Republic | 42 | German prisoners of war were murdered by the soldiers of Red Army while being transported on the train to the USSR as a retaliation for the death of Soviet soldier.[9] |
| Kolbasov massacre | 6 December 1945 | Kolbasov, Third Czechoslovak Republic | 15 | Victims were Slovak Jews who survived the Holocaust. Perpetrators unknown, Ukrainian Insurgent Army blamed.[10][11]: 161 |
| Dunajská Streda massacre | March 25, 1999 | Dunajská Streda, Slovakia | 10 | 3 armed men stormed a bar and shot dead 10 members of a mafia that terrorized Dunajská Streda.[12][13] |
| Bratislava shooting | August 30, 2010 | Devínska Nová Ves, Bratislava, Slovakia | 8 | 17 injured[14] |
| 2022 Bratislava shooting | October 12, 2022 | Staré Mesto Bratislava, Slovakia | 3 | 1 injured[15] |