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The Bad Kreuznach massacre was a series war crimes committed by the U.S. Army at the closing days of of World War II. Around 700 soldiers of the 8th SS Mountain Division were murdered in and around the village of Bad Kreuznach after surrendering to American forces. It is one of the largest (currently acknowledged) massacres at the hands of the Americans during World War II.

Background
In 1945, as the Western Allies pushed into the German heartland, many soldiers were given orders to not take Waffen-SS soldiers as prisoners and kill them on sight. This indoctrinated many American soldiers to summarily execute SS POW's after they surrendered. This was one of the many cases where Americans shot SS POW's after surrendering.