Death was just the start of the victim's role in the sacrificial ritual...
Massacre
The death count inside Distomo reached 228, of which 117 were women and 111 men, with 53 children under the age of 16 among them
The country's parliament voted for a ban on a range of semi-automatic weapons
Franz-Peter Weixler's photos ensured that the murder of these men could not be forgotten
The students included a trip to Distomo as part of their educational programme
In the Viannos holocaust, 461 people were executed
The company aims to compel around 1,000 people suing MGM to drop their suits against the resort
According to survivors' testimonies, SS soldiers bayoneted babies in their cribs, stabbed pregnant women & beheaded the village priest
74 years to the day
The court said, however, it is "not convinced" of genocidal intent in six other municipalities, in line with previous judgments