Zapel-Ausbau massacre

Zapel-Ausbau massacre
LocationZapel-Ausbau, near Crivitz, Gau Mecklenburg
Coordinates53°33′14″N 11°40′05″E / 53.554°N 11.668°E / 53.554; 11.668
Date3 May 1945
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths25
PerpetratorsSS

The Zapel-Ausbau massacre was a massacre committed by the SS of Nazi Germany on 3 May 1945 during the final days of World War II in Europe. Twenty-five concentration camp evacuees on a death march were shot by several SS personnel in a barn near the village of Zapel-Ausbau in Mecklenburg.