Niederkaina massacre
| Niederkaina massacre | |
|---|---|
Plaque commemorating the murdered prisoners of war (2009) | |
| Location | Niederkaina, Nazi Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°11′30.1″N 14°28′42.55″E / 51.191694°N 14.4784861°E |
| Date | April 22, 1945 |
Attack type | War crime |
| Deaths | ~200 Volkssturm prisoners |
| Perpetrator | 254th Motor Rifle Division |
The Niederkaina massacre was a war crime committed by Red Army soldiers on 22 April 1945, in the final days of World War II, in the village of Niederkaina (now a district of Bautzen) in Lusatia. Approximately 200 German prisoners of war, members of the Volkssturm, were killed; nearly all were burned alive in a barn.