List of massacres in Slovakia

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)	8	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 [sk].^[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]
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.^[6]
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.^[7]
Kolbasov massacre	6 December 1945	Kolbasov, Third Czechoslovak Republic	15	Victims were Slovak Jews who survived the Holocaust. Perpetrators unknown, Ukrainian Insurgent Army blamed.^[8]^[9]^: 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.^[10]
Bratislava shooting	August 30, 2010	Devínska Nová Ves, Bratislava, Slovakia	8	17 injured^[11]
2022 Bratislava shooting	October 12, 2022	Staré Mesto Bratislava, Slovakia	3	1 injured^[12]

References

^ "Černová Massacre Day". ENRS. 1907-10-27. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
^ Vodicka, Ľuboš (2 October 2022). "Krvavá streda v Prešporku - Ľuboš Vodička - (blog.sme.sk)". Sme (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Šindelářová 2013, p. 592.
^ Moravčík, Roman (2008-03-13). "Michal Golcbár. Partizán alebo obyčajný lúpežný vrah?". HNonline.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-20.
^ "21. september 1944. Masaker v Sklenom". Ústav pamäti národa (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-20.
^ Lacko, M.: Slovenské národné povstanie 1944 (The Slovak National Uprising of 1944). Bratislava, Slovart, 2008, p. 177
^ "Dev.Nová Ves, Slovakia". World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
^ Šmigeľ, Michal (2008). "Vraždy Židov na severovýchodnom Slovensku v roku 1945 - kolbasovská tragédia: Súčasný stav spracovania a perspektívy výskumu problematiky" [Murders of Jews in northeastern Slovakia in 1945: the Kolbasov tragedy: the current state and future outlook of research on the topic]. In Vrzgulová, Monika; Richterová, Daniela (eds.). Holokaust ako historický a morálny problém v minulosti a v súčasnosti [The Holocaust as a historical and moral problem of the past and the present]. Bratislava: Ševt. pp. 181–191. ISBN 978-8096985722.
^ Lônčíková, Michala (2020). "The end of War, the end of persecution? Post-World War II collective anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia". History in Flux. 1 (1): 151–164. doi:10.32728/flux.2019.1.8.
^ REFRESHER. "Ako prebehol najbrutálnejší mafiánsky masaker na Slovensku? Dvaja muži zavraždili 10 mafiánov po deviatich rokoch boja o mesto". refresher.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-04-21.
^ Balogová, Beáta (2010-09-01). "Shooting massacre shakes Slovakia". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
^ Petit Press a.s. (2022-10-18). "Bratislava shooting reclassified as terrorism". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

Bibliography

Šindelářová, Lenka (2013). "Einsatzgruppe H na povstaleckém Slovensku" (PDF). Soudobé dějiny (in Czech). XX (4): 582–603. doi:10.51134/sod.2013.039. ISSN 1210-7050.

[o627-1] "Černová Massacre Day". ENRS. 1907-10-27. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

[2] Vodicka, Ľuboš (2 October 2022). "Krvavá streda v Prešporku - Ľuboš Vodička - (blog.sme.sk)". Sme (in Slovak). Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[FOOTNOTEŠindelářová2013592-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Šindelářová 2013, p. 592.

[x151-4] Moravčík, Roman (2008-03-13). "Michal Golcbár. Partizán alebo obyčajný lúpežný vrah?". HNonline.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-20.

[s641-5] "21. september 1944. Masaker v Sklenom". Ústav pamäti národa (in Slovak). Retrieved 2024-05-20.

[6] Lacko, M.: Slovenské národné povstanie 1944 (The Slovak National Uprising of 1944). Bratislava, Slovart, 2008, p. 177

[z612-7] "Dev.Nová Ves, Slovakia". World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

[8] Šmigeľ, Michal (2008). "Vraždy Židov na severovýchodnom Slovensku v roku 1945 - kolbasovská tragédia: Súčasný stav spracovania a perspektívy výskumu problematiky" [Murders of Jews in northeastern Slovakia in 1945: the Kolbasov tragedy: the current state and future outlook of research on the topic]. In Vrzgulová, Monika; Richterová, Daniela (eds.). Holokaust ako historický a morálny problém v minulosti a v súčasnosti [The Holocaust as a historical and moral problem of the past and the present]. Bratislava: Ševt. pp. 181–191. ISBN 978-8096985722.

[9] Lônčíková, Michala (2020). "The end of War, the end of persecution? Post-World War II collective anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia". History in Flux. 1 (1): 151–164. doi:10.32728/flux.2019.1.8.

[10] REFRESHER. "Ako prebehol najbrutálnejší mafiánsky masaker na Slovensku? Dvaja muži zavraždili 10 mafiánov po deviatich rokoch boja o mesto". refresher.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-04-21.

[q592-11] Balogová, Beáta (2010-09-01). "Shooting massacre shakes Slovakia". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

[z245-12] Petit Press a.s. (2022-10-18). "Bratislava shooting reclassified as terrorism". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2024-05-20.

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