White Terror | |
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Native name | Λευκή Τρομοκρατία |
Location | Kingdom of Greece |
Date | February 1945–March 1946 |
Target | Leftists |
Attack type | Politicide, mass murder |
Deaths | 1,289 |
Victims | 6,681 injured, 32,632 tortured, 84,939 arrested |
Perpetrators | Right-wing terror groups |
Motive | Anti-communism |
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In Greece, the White Terror (Greek: Λευκή Τρομοκρατία) was the period of persecution of members of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and other former members of the leftist World War II-era resistance organization National Liberation Front (EAM) in 1945–1946, prior to the outbreak of the Greek Civil War. The term is used in Greece in an analogy to similar cases elsewhere.