Abschwangen Massacre | |
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Location | Abschwangen, East Prussia |
Coordinates | 54°29′59″N 20°45′41″E / 54.4996°N 20.7613°E |
Date | 29 August 1914 |
Target | German civilians in Prussia |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 65 |
Perpetrators | Imperial Russian Army |
Abschwangen (now Tishino, in Bagrationovsky District) was a small village near Preussisch Eylau in East Prussia some 30 km (19 mi) south of Königsberg, today Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia and the scene of a massacre of German civilians on 29 August 1914.