The Drakeia massacre ( el, Η σφαγή της Δράκειας) refers to the mass execution of 115 men by SS soldiers in the village of Drakeia, located on

Mount Pelion Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the ...

, in

Thessaly Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thes ...

, on 18 December 1943. It was part of the multiple Nazi reprisals against the Greek Resistance in occupied Greece.Foot, John, ''Italy's Divided Memory'', Palgrave Macmillan (2009) p.146 A wake in memory of the victims is held in the area every year, in the presence of members of the

Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...

, members of the

Government of Greece Government of Greece (officially: Government of the Hellenic Republic; also Greek Government or Hellenic Government)

and other dignitaries.

References

Nazi war crimes in Greece 1943 in Greece Massacres in 1943 Massacres in Greece during World War II Massacres_of_men Thessaly in World War II December 1943 events Violence against men in Europe Massacres committed by Nazi Germany {{greece-hist-stub