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Fântâna Albă massacre

The Fântâna Albă massacre took place April 1, 1941, in Northern Bukovina when a large number of people were killed by gunfire from Soviet troops while attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania, near the village of Fântâna Albă (Romanian: "White Fountain"; Ukrainian: Bila Krynytsia), now in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.

On April 1, 1941, approximately 2,500–3,000 unarmed people from several villages (Pătrăuţii-de-Sus, Pătrăuţii-de-Jos, Cupca, Corceşti, Suceveni), carrying a white flag and religious symbols, walked together towards the new Soviet-Romanian border. There were rumors circulating that the Soviets would now permit crossing to Romania. At the border they were warned by the Soviet troops to stop. After the group ignored the warning, the border guards began to shoot.

The exact death toll remains a matter of controversy. Eyewitnesses to the incident estimate that around 200 people were killed directly by gunfire, many more wounded. Some of the wounded were allegedly caught afterwards, tied to horses and dragged to beforehand excavated common graves, where they were killed with shovels or being buried alive.

Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A2nt%C3%A2na_Alb%C4%83_massacre

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09.02.2012. 22:04

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