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===Massacres===
{{further|Bandenbekämpfung|List of Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions that committed war crimes in Italy}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-166-0527-04, Kreta, Kondomari, Erschießung von Zivilisten.jpg|thumb|Civilians murdered by [[Fallschirmjäger|Luftwaffe paratroopers]] in [[Kondomari]], Crete]]
[[Fallschirmjäger|Luftwaffe paratroopers]] committed many war crimes in Crete following the Battle of Crete, including the [[Alikianos executions]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Westermann |first1=Edward B. |title=Hitler's Ostkrieg and the Indian Wars: Comparing Genocide and Conquest |date=2016 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=9780806157122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMwjDQAAQBAJ&q=Alikianos+executions&pg=PT182 |language=en}}{{page needed|date=July 2023}}</ref> the [[Massacre of Kondomari]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Neal |first1=Stephan D. Yada-Mc |title=Places of Shame – German and Bulgarian war crimes in Greece 1941–1945 |date=2018 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=9783744850735 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T1RDwAAQBAJ&q=Massacre+of+Kondomari&pg=PA36 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Razing of Kandanos]].<ref>{{cite news |title=On This Day June 3, 1941: What Happened to the Cretan Village of Kandanos When its Citizens Defended Their Homes from Invading Nazis? – The Pappas Post |url=http://www.pappaspost.com/what-happened-to-the-cretan-village-of-kandanos-when-its-citizens-defended-their-homes-from-invading-nazis/ |access-date=22 August 2018 |work=The Pappas Post |date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822081125/http://www.pappaspost.com/what-happened-to-the-cretan-village-of-kandanos-when-its-citizens-defended-their-homes-from-invading-nazis/ |archive-date=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Several Luftwaffe divisions, including the [[1st Parachute Division (Germany)|1st Parachute Division]],<ref name= "Onepara">{{cite web |url=http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=515&lang=en |title=1. Fallschirmjäger-Division |work=Atlante delle Stragi Naziste e Fasciste in Italia |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153446/http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=515&lang=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[2nd Parachute Division (Germany)|2nd Parachute Division]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=620&lang=en |title=3. Panzer Grenadier Division |work=Atlante delle Stragi Naziste e Fasciste in Italia |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921074342/http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=620&lang=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[4th Parachute Division (Germany)|4th Parachute Division]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=516&lang=en |title=4. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division |work=Atlante delle Stragi Naziste e Fasciste in Italia |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921074538/http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=516&lang=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[19th Luftwaffe Field Division]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=1094&lang=en |title=III. Gruppe/Luftwaffe-Artillerie-Regiment 19 |work=Atlante delle Stragi Naziste e Fasciste in Italia |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153340/http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=1094&lang=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[20th Luftwaffe Field Division]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=1087&lang=en |title=20. Luftwaffe-Feld-Division |work=Atlante delle Stragi Naziste e Fasciste in Italia |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153438/http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=1087&lang=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the 1st {{lang|de|Fallschirm-Panzer}} Division,<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=190&lang=en |title=Fallschirm-Panzer-Division "Hermann Goring" |work=Atlante delle Stragi Naziste e Fasciste in Italia |access-date=20 September 2018 |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153435/http://www.straginazifasciste.it/?page_id=297&ricerca=190&lang=en |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> committed war crimes in Italy, murdering hundreds of civilians.

Luftwaffe troops participated in the murder of Jews imprisoned in ghettos in Eastern Europe. For example, they assisted in the murder of 2,680 Jews at the Nemirov ghetto,{{sfn|USHMM|2012|p=1550}} participated in a series of massacres at the Opoczno ghetto,{{sfn|USHMM|2012|p=267}} and helped to liquidate the [[History of the Jews in Dęblin and Irena during World War II|Dęblin–Irena Ghetto]] by deporting thousands of Jews to [[Treblinka extermination camp]].{{sfn|USHMM|2012|p=638}} Between 1942 and 1944, two Luftwaffe security battalions were stationed in the [[Białowieża Forest]] for {{lang|de|Bandenbekämpfung}}{{refn|Literally "bandit fighting", the word referred to ethnic cleansing and genocide under the guise of anti-partisan warfare.|group=N}} operations.{{sfn|Blood|2010|p=249}} Encouraged by Göring, they murdered thousands of Jews and other civilians.{{sfn|Blood|2010|p=251, 266}} Luftwaffe soldiers frequently [[summary execution|executed]] Polish civilians at random with baseless accusations of being "[[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]] agents", in order to keep the population in line,{{sfn|Blood|2010|p=256}} or as reprisal for partisan activities.{{sfn|Blood|2010|p=262}} The performance of the troops was measured by the [[body count]] of people murdered.{{sfn|Blood|2010|p=258}} 10,000 Luftwaffe troops were stationed on the Eastern Front for such "anti-partisan" operations.{{sfn|Blood|2010|p=252}}