Massacre in Trhová Kamenice happened on 8 May 1945 in what is now the

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. German troops, escaping from

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Admi ...

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, passed through the village of

Trhová Kamenice Trhová Kamenice is a market town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages and hamlets of Hluboká, Kameničky, Petrkov 3.díl, Polom, Rohozná and Zubří ar ...

where they decided to punish supposed partisans. Near the village they first killed five villagers, including Bedřich Mareš. On the village borders, the troops found young Marie Pilařová returning from a visit to her relatives. They shot her instantly. They then entered the village, and in the church they captured the parish priest Oldřich Kučera and brutally tortured him to death. The troops had previously captured four hostages in the near village of Rohozná - Jaroslav Kvapil, Jan Michek (a 17-year-old boy), Janko Trudič and Antonín Novák. The hostages were executed near house number 6. Under the nearby hill called ''Třešňovka'', the troops shot three more people - Antonín Alinč, Adolf Zábský and Emanuel Kacafírek, who were trying to escape. They are buried in the Trhová Kamenice cemetery. There is now a monument in the village to remember the event. Those responsible were never brought to trial.

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List of War Victims
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Chronicles of Trhová Kamenice
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