In March 1944, during Operation Margarethe Hungary was occupied by Germany, while beginning at the end of August 1944 with the Slovak National Uprising, Slovakia shared the same fate. The occupation ended with the surrender of Germany following World War II. During the German occupation between 294,000 to 320,000 citizens (including Jews, making up most of the casualties) were murdered. Reprisals were especially harsh in the aftermath of assassination of Reinhard Heydrich e.g. infamous and widely published Lidice massacre. Large number of people were drafted for slave labour in Germany.