Tivar massacre
Encyclopedia
The Bar massacre was the 1945 killing of up to 4,200 Albanians
in Bar
by Yugoslav Partisans after World War II
.
The victims were Albanian recruits from Kosovo
, who were supposed to fight the retreating Wehrmacht
. Their Yugoslav
commanders collected the Albanian recruits together, disarmed them and let them walk from Prizren
, Kosovo
, to Bar through the route Prizren-Zhur-Kukës-Puk-Shkodër-Tivar in North Albania in three different groups.
The recruits were mistreated while on the way and when they arrived in Tivar they were executed by the Yugoslav guards.
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
in Bar
Bar, Montenegro
Bar is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has a population of 17,727...
by Yugoslav Partisans after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
The victims were Albanian recruits from Kosovo
Albanians in Kosovo
Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo . According to the 1991 Serbian census, boycotted by Albanians, there were 1,596,072 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo or 81.6% of population...
, who were supposed to fight the retreating Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
. Their Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
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commanders collected the Albanian recruits together, disarmed them and let them walk from Prizren
Prizren
Prizren is a historical city located in southern Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district.The city has a population of around 131,247 , mostly Albanians...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, to Bar through the route Prizren-Zhur-Kukës-Puk-Shkodër-Tivar in North Albania in three different groups.
The recruits were mistreated while on the way and when they arrived in Tivar they were executed by the Yugoslav guards.