As of 2026-10-12, Execution in the Brzask Forest tops the list with 760 deaths.
- #1 Execution in the Brzask Forest — 760 deaths
mass execution of Polish citizens by the German occupiers
Execution in the Brzask Forest was a mass execution of Polish citizens carried out by the German occupiers on 29 June 1940 in the Brzask Forest near Skarżysko-Kamienna. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Executions in Rury Jezuickie — 450 deaths
Nazi crime in occupied Poland
Executions in Rury Jezuickie were mass executions of Polish citizens carried out by German occupiers during the summer of 1940 near the village of Rury Jezuickie, located outside Lublin. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 Executions at Fort Krzesławice — 440 deaths
Nazi War crime in Poland
Executions at Fort Krzesławice were mass executions of Polish citizens carried out by German occupiers at Fort Krzesławice in Kraków. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Alikianos executions — 202 deaths
The Alikianos executions was the mass execution by firing squad of mostly male civilians from Alikianos and nearby villages in Crete, Greece by German paratroopers on 24 May, 2 June, and 1 August 1941 during World War II. The executions were ordered by Generaloberst Kurt Student, commander of the XI Air Corps, in reprisal for the active participation of Cretan civilians in the Battle of Crete. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #5 Stockholm Bloodbath — 82 deaths
massacre
The Stockholm Bloodbath was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520. The event is also known as the Stockholm massacre. The events occurred after the coronation of Christian II as the new king of Sweden, when guests in the crowning party were invited to a meeting at Tre Kronor castle. Archbishop Gustav Trolle, demanding economic compensation for things such as the demolition of Almarestäket's fortress, questioned whether the former Swedish regent... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 1862 mass execution at Mankato — 38 deaths
hanging of 38 Dakota men
Following the Dakota War of 1862, the U.S. government executed 38 Dakota men in Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862, in the largest mass execution in American history. In the course of the conflict, 358 American settlers, 77 soldiers, and 36 militia had been killed. A military commission assembled in the aftermath carried out rushed trials of the Dakota men, some lasting only minutes, and ultimately sentencing 307 to death. All but four death sentences were confirmed by Colonel Henry... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Old Town Square execution — 27 deaths
execution of 27 Czech Protestant leaders on Prague's Old Town Square
Old Town Square execution was the execution of 27 Bohemian leaders of the Bohemian Revolt by the Austrian House of Habsburg that took place on 21 June 1621 at the Old Town Square in Prague. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Fusillés de l'Ariane — 25 deaths source Wikidata
- #9 Black Bean Episode — 17 deaths
1843 execution of escaped prisoners following the Mier expedition
The Mier expedition was an unsuccessful military operation launched in November 1842 by a Texian militia against Mexican border settlements; it was related to the Somervell expedition. It included a major battle at Ciudad Mier on December 26 and 27, 1842, which the Mexicans won. The Texian attack was launched partly in hopes of financial gain and partly in retaliation for the Dawson Massacre earlier that year, in which thirty-six Texas militia were killed by the Mexican Army. Both conflicts... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Execution of Tczew hostages — 13 deaths
On 24 January 1940, a public execution of Polish hostages was carried out by the German occupiers in Tczew. At the so-called pig market, members of the SS and the paramilitary Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz executed 13 Poles – workers of the Polish State Railways, civil servants, merchants, and craftsmen. The crime was committed in retaliation for the alleged arson of German workshops located in the Tczew factory "Arkona" by the Polish resistance movement. Read more on Wikipedia.
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