The Deutsch Schützen massacre was a 1945

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of approximately 60

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ers in

Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg Deutsch Schützen-Eisenberg ( hu, Németlövő-Csejke, hr, Livio-Čjeka) is a municipality in Burgenland in the district of Oberwart in Austria. It was the site of the 1945 Deutsch Schützen massacre. Geography Parts of the municipality are ...

in Austria. At the old church, Martinskirche, in the farmland on the west side of Deutsch Schützen, a plaque is erected on the exterior of the building memorializing those murdered in the massacre.

Incident and aftermath

The incident occurred on 29 March 1945.Memmott, Mark (17 November 2009).
90-Year-Old Alleged Nazi Charged With 58 Counts Of Murder From 1945 Killings.

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The victims' remains were found in 1995 by the

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.Rising, David (17 November 2009).
90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimes.

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In 2008, Viennese political science student Andreas Forster discovered the name of Adolf Storms in records of the incident. Forster's professor Walter Manoschek gathered evidence and conducted a videotaped interview with Storms.Staff report (21 October 2008).
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'' In 2009, then 90-year-old Storms was indicted for his alleged involvement in the killings.Mackey, Robert (17 November 2009).
Former SS Man Charged in 1945 Massacre.
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'' Storms died on June 28, 2010 at the age of 90.Associated Press (6 July 2010)
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The massacre of Hungarian-Jewish forced laborers in Deutsch-Schützen (Burgenland) and its judicial prosecution by the Austrian People's Courts

Remembering Deutsch Schützen
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Incident and aftermath

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