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Memorial of the Victims of the Fusillade in Pozsony in the cemetery of Csalogányvölgy

Memorial of the Victims of the Fusillade in Pozsony in the cemetery of Csalogányvölgy
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
graveyard
Current function:
graveyard, statue / memorial / relief
Church:
Roman Catholic
Settlement:
Pozsony, Bratislava
Address:
Staré Grunty 232/47
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.157888, 17.067644
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History

The victims of the fusillade on February 12, 1919 rest in the cemetery of Csalogányvölgy. The Czechoslovak Legion invaded Pozsony in January 1919. The Hungarian and German majority of the town peacefully protested against the invasion on 12 February, when the Czechoslovak soldiers fired a hail of bullets at the civilians killing 8 people. On the day of their burial a Czech soldier shot to death a 14 years old student.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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