18th SS Panzergrenadier Division “Horst Wessel”

Roma women and children from Čierny Balog are burned alive

📅 14 November 1944

Roma women and children from Čierny Balog were forced into a wooden hut in the Jegrovo Valley and burned alive by members of the 18th SS Panzergrenadier Division “Horst Wessel.” The attack targeted...

SS troops shoot Roma from Čierny Balog in Vydrovo Valley

📅 15 November 1944

Members of the 18th SS Panzergrenadier Division “Horst Wessel” shot Roma from Čierny Balog in Vydrovo Valley. This followed the burning of Roma women and children in Jegrovo Valley the previous day....