Massacre of Hormova

The Massacre of Hormova was conducted in 1914 by the Greek army in southern Albania.
Event
After occupying the village of Kodra also known as Hormova, near Tepelena the Greek army invited all villagers to gather in the church of the village. After the villagers were assembled the Greek officers ordered the soldiers to fire on them with machine guns. After killing all 230 villagers the Greeks cut off their heads and hung them on the church walls. According to the report of Dutch general De Meer who also took pictures of the committed atrocities south of the village a small church was also used as a prison. A member of the International Commission of Control while investigating the case reported that the church was soaked in blood and in the altar a human heart was found. 195 people were found in a mass grave near that church also headless like the first case.
The victims of the first attrocity were Christian Albanians while the victims of the second attrocity were Muslim Albanians. According to Austrian and American reports additionally 200 hundred executed Muslim Albanians were found in another small church near Kodra.
The church had been burned and the victims crucified.
The massacred was conducted in the course of several days.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu