Abschwangen massacre

Abschwangen (now Tishino, in Bagrationovsky District) was a small village near Preussisch Eylau in East Prussia some 30 km south of Königsberg, today Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia and the scene of a massacre of German civilians on 29 August 1914.

Abschwangen Massacre
LocationAbschwangen, East Prussia
Coordinates
Date29 August 1914
TargetGerman civilians in Prussia
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths65
Perpetrators Imperial Russian Army
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