Postoloprty is a town in the Louny area where the Czechoslovak army killed hundreds of German civilians in June 1945.
Postoloprty lies in the Louny area, in Louny District. In June 1945 soldiers of the Czechoslovak army killed interned German civilians there. On 4 June 1945 they shot at least 763 people from the town and its surroundings and buried them in mass graves. According to some estimates, there were more than 2,300 victims [1][2].
The town had barracks. The area of the former military zone was demolished in 2017 and housing construction then began on it [1][2].
Chronology
- — The Office for the Documentation and Investigation of the Crimes of Communism began criminal proceedings after human remains were found on the grounds of the former barracks in Postoloprty and is examining a suspicion of murder under the old Criminal Code. → Blesk.cz FORUM 24