Name
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Date
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Location
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Perpetrators
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Deaths
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Notes
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Intelligenzaktion
|
September 1939-Spring 1942
|
Poland
|
Nazi Germany
|
up to 100,000 Polish people, mostly intellectuals
|
Largest massacres committed at Piaśnica, Mniszek, Szpęgawsk Forest, Gniewkowo, Łopatki, Dopiewiec, Igły, Klamry, Fordon, Palmiry.
|
Torzeniec massacre
|
1–2 September 1939
|
Torzeniec
|
Nazi Germany
|
37 Poles
|
|
Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy massacre
|
2 September 1939
|
Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy
|
Nazi Germany
|
113 Poles
|
including 30 children
|
Wyszanów massacre
|
2 September 1939
|
Wyszanów
|
Nazi Germany
|
24 Poles
|
|
Gostyń massacre
|
2 September 1939
|
Gostyń
|
Nazi Germany
|
13 Poles
|
including four women and a parish priest
|
Bukownica massacre
|
2 September 1939
|
Bukownica
|
Nazi Germany
|
7+ Poles
|
|
Łaziska massacre
|
2–6 September 1939
|
Łaziska Górne, Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Średnie
|
Nazi Germany
|
69 Poles
|
including 30 children
|
Albertów massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Albertów
|
Nazi Germany
|
159 Poles
|
|
Krzepice massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Krzepice
|
Nazi Germany
|
30 Poles
|
|
Mysłów massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Mysłów
|
Nazi Germany
|
22 Poles
|
Victims were burned alive, including 10 children.
|
Pińczyce massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Pińczyce
|
Nazi Germany
|
20 Poles
|
|
Świekatowo massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Świekatowo
|
Nazi Germany
|
26 Poles
|
[18]
|
Święta Anna massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Święta Anna
|
Nazi Germany
|
29 Poles
|
|
Jankowice massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Jankowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
13 Poles
|
including women and children
|
Zgoń massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Zgoń
|
Nazi Germany
|
8 Poles
|
including one woman
|
Lędziny massacre
|
3 September 1939
|
Lędziny
|
Nazi Germany
|
7 Poles
|
including a 16-year-old girl
|
Bloody Sunday
|
3–4 September 1939
|
Bydgoszcz
|
Nazi Germany
|
254
|
|
Świętochłowice massacre
|
3–4 September 1939
|
Świętochłowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
10 Poles
|
|
Częstochowa massacre (Bloody Monday)
|
4 September 1939
|
Częstochowa
|
Nazi Germany
|
88–200
|
|
Złoczew massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Złoczew
|
Nazi Germany
|
200 Poles and Jews
|
|
Katowice massacre (Bloody Monday)
|
4 September 1939
|
Katowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
about 80 Polish defenders
|
including Polish boy and girl scouts
|
Kruszyna massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Kruszyna
|
Nazi Germany
|
dozens of Poles
|
including 10 children
|
Cielętniki massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Cielętniki
|
Nazi Germany
|
28 Poles
|
including four children
|
Pasternik massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Pasternik
|
Nazi Germany
|
29 Poles
|
including one woman
|
Pławno massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Pławno
|
Nazi Germany
|
15 Poles
|
|
Pszczyna massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Pszczyna
|
Nazi Germany
|
14 Poles
|
13 boy scouts and a teacher
|
Siewierz massacre
|
4 September 1939
|
Siewierz
|
Nazi Germany
|
10 Poles
|
including several teenagers
|
Wyry massacre
|
4–6 September 1939
|
Wyry
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 10 Poles
|
|
Serock massacre
|
5 September 1939
|
Serock
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 80 Polish POWs
|
|
Kajetanowice massacre
|
5 September 1939
|
Kajetanowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 70 Poles
|
including ten children under the age of 16
|
Krasnosielc massacre
|
5–6 September 1939
|
Krasnosielc
|
Nazi Germany
|
50 Jews
|
|
Moryca and Longinówka massacre
|
6 September 1939
|
Moryca and Longinówka
|
Nazi Germany
|
Polish POWs, including 19 officers
|
|
Uniejów massacre
|
6, 8 September 1939
|
Uniejów
|
Nazi Germany
|
50
|
|
Będzin massacres
|
6, 9 September 1939
|
Będzin
|
Nazi Germany
|
20 Poles and 100 Jews
|
|
Wylazłów massacre
|
7 September 1939
|
Wylazłów
|
Nazi Germany
|
24 Poles
|
|
Mordarka massacre
|
7 September 1939
|
Mordarka
|
Nazi Germany
|
9 Jews and one Pole
|
|
Wągrowiec massacre
|
7 September 1939
|
Wągrowiec
|
Nazi Germany
|
8 Poles
|
|
Balin massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Balin
|
Nazi Germany
|
21 Poles
|
|
Koźle massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Koźle
|
Nazi Germany
|
17 Poles
|
|
Ciepielów massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Ciepielów
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 300 Polish POWs
|
|
Tyszki massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Tyszki-Ciągaczki
|
Nazi Germany
|
33 Poles
|
|
Chechło massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Chechło near Pabianice
|
Nazi Germany
|
30 Poles
|
|
Dominikowice massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Dominikowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
23 Poles
|
|
Czekaj massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Czekaj
|
Nazi Germany
|
13 Poles
|
|
Bagatele massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Bagatele
|
Nazi Germany
|
11 Poles
|
|
Siemianowice Śląskie massacre
|
8 September 1939
|
Siemianowice Śląskie
|
Nazi Germany
|
6 Poles
|
|
Lipsko massacre
|
8–9 September 1939
|
Lipsko
|
Nazi Germany
|
66
|
|
Mszczonów massacres
|
8, 11 September 1939
|
Mszczonów
|
Nazi Germany
|
11 Polish POWs and 20 Polish civilians
|
Including the town's mayor.
|
Sławków massacre
|
9 September 1939
|
Sławków
|
Nazi Germany
|
98 Jews
|
|
Wyszków massacre
|
9 September 1939
|
Wyszków
|
Nazi Germany
|
65+ Jews
|
|
Orło massacre
|
9 September 1939
|
Orło
|
Nazi Germany
|
10 Poles
|
|
Pniewo massacre
|
9 September 1939
|
Pniewo
|
Nazi Germany
|
Over 10 Poles
|
|
Mielno massacre
|
9 September 1939
|
Mielno
|
Nazi Germany
|
7 Poles
|
|
Łęczyca massacre
|
9–10 September 1939
|
Łęczyca
|
Nazi Germany
|
29 Poles
|
|
Mszadla massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Mszadla
|
Nazi Germany
|
153 Poles
|
[32]
|
Gniazdowo massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Gniazdowo
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 20 Poles
|
|
Zdziechowa massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Zdziechowa
|
Nazi Germany
|
24 Poles
|
|
Rawa Mazowiecka massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Rawa Mazowiecka
|
Nazi Germany
|
40
|
|
Bądków massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Bądków
|
Nazi Germany
|
22 Poles
|
including a 14-year-old boy
|
Piaseczno massacre of 1939
|
10 September 1939
|
Piaseczno
|
Nazi Germany
|
21 Polish POWs
|
|
Stare Rogowo massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Stare Rogowo
|
Nazi Germany
|
21 Poles
|
|
Laski Szlacheckie massacre
|
10 September 1939
|
Laski Szlacheckie
|
Nazi Germany
|
20 Poles
|
including four families
|
Karczew massacre
|
11 September 1939
|
Karczew
|
Nazi Germany
|
75 Poles
|
|
Skierniewice massacre
|
11 September 1939
|
Skierniewice
|
Nazi Germany
|
60
|
|
Kowalewice massacre
|
11 September 1939
|
Kowalewice
|
Nazi Germany
|
23 Poles
|
[36]
|
Obora massacre
|
11 September 1939
|
Obora
|
Nazi Germany
|
22 Poles
|
|
Niewolno massacre
|
11 September 1939
|
Niewolno
|
Nazi Germany
|
18 Poles
|
|
Jankowo Dolne massacre
|
11 September 1939
|
Jankowo Dolne
|
Nazi Germany
|
12 Poles
|
including women and children
|
Szczucin massacre
|
12 September 1939
|
Szczucin
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 40 Polish POWs and around 30 Polish civilians
|
|
Parma massacre
|
12 September 1939
|
Parma
|
Nazi Germany
|
32 Poles
|
|
Koźmice Wielkie massacre
|
12 September 1939
|
Koźmice Wielkie
|
Nazi Germany
|
32 Jews
|
|
Sadówka massacre
|
12 September 1939
|
Sadówka
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 12 Poles
|
|
Łowicz massacre
|
13 September 1939
|
Łowicz
|
Nazi Germany
|
21
|
|
Mień massacre
|
13 September 1939
|
Mień
|
Nazi Germany
|
9 Poles
|
|
Zambrów massacre
|
night of 13–14 September 1939
|
Zambrów
|
Nazi Germany
|
more than 200 Polish POW
|
|
Olszewo massacre
|
14 September 1939
|
Olszewo
|
Nazi Germany
|
30 Polish POWs and 23 civilians
|
|
Moskwin massacre
|
14 September 1939
|
Moskwin
|
Nazi Germany
|
9 Poles
|
[41]
|
Sulejówek massacre
|
15 September 1939
|
Sulejówek and Długa Szlachecka
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 90 Poles
|
|
Massacre in Dynów
|
15-28 September 1939
|
Dynów
|
Nazi Germany
|
Around 300 killed
|
|
Retki massacre
|
16 September 1939
|
Retki
|
Nazi Germany
|
22 Poles
|
|
Henryków massacre
|
17 September 1939
|
Henryków
|
Nazi Germany
|
76 Poles
|
including women and children
|
Leszno massacre
|
17 September 1939
|
Leszno
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 50 Poles
|
|
Bąków massacre
|
17 September 1939
|
Bąków
|
Nazi Germany
|
18 Poles
|
including two families
|
Śladów massacre
|
18 September 1939
|
Śladów
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 300 Poles, including POWs and refugees
|
including women and children
|
Mogilno massacre
|
18 September 1939
|
Mogilno
|
Mogilno Germans minority
|
40 Polish (1 Jewish descent)
|
|
Błonie massacre
|
18 September 1939
|
Błonie
|
Nazi Germany
|
50 Jews and Poles
|
|
Gąbin massacre
|
19–21 September 1939
|
Gąbin
|
Nazi Germany
|
20 Poles
|
|
Zakroczym massacre
|
28 September 1939
|
Zakroczym
|
Nazi Germany
|
about 600 Polish POWs
|
|
Majdan Wielki massacre
|
20 September 1939
|
Majdan Wielki
|
Nazi Germany
|
42 Polish POWs
|
|
Boryszew massacre
|
22 September 1939
|
Boryszew
|
Nazi Germany
|
50 Polish POWs
|
|
Psia Górka massacre
|
22 September 1939
|
Psia Górka
|
Soviet Union
|
over 100 Polish POWs and 300 Polish civilians
|
[43]
|
Husynne massacre
|
23 September 1939
|
Husynne
|
Soviet Union
|
25 Polish POWs
|
[43]
|
Mokrany massacre
|
28 September 1939
|
Mokrany
|
Soviet Union
|
18 Polish POWs
|
[43]
|
Luszkówko massacre
|
September 1939–January 1940
|
Luszkówko
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 1,000 Poles
|
The victims were mentally ill people from a psychiatric hospital in Świecie.
|
Szczuczki massacre
|
1 October 1939
|
Szczuczki
|
Nazi Germany
|
64 Poles
|
including ten boys under the age of 18
|
Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz)
|
October–November 1939
|
Bydgoszcz
|
Nazi Germany
|
1,200–1,400
|
|
Dalki massacre
|
7 November 1939
|
Dalki
|
Nazi Germany
|
24 Poles
|
including 10 defenders of Kłecko
|
Ostrów Mazowiecka massacre
|
11 November 1939
|
Ostrów Mazowiecka
|
Nazi Germany
|
up to 600 Jews
|
|
Wawer massacre
|
26–27 December 1939
|
Wawer
|
Nazi Germany
|
107
|
7 shot but survived
|
Palmiry massacre
|
December 1939–June 1941
|
Palmiry
|
Nazi Germany
|
1,700 Poles and Jews
|
|
Sieklówka massacre
|
December 1939–January 1940
|
Sieklówka
|
Nazi Germany
|
93 Poles
|
|
Piotrowice massacre
|
18 January 1940
|
Piotrowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
39 Poles
|
|
Dąbrówka Mała massacre
|
3–4 April 1940
|
Dąbrówka Mała
|
Nazi Germany
|
40 Poles
|
|
Celiny massacre
|
4 April 1940
|
Celiny
|
Nazi Germany
|
29 Poles
|
|
Skłoby massacre
|
11 April 1940
|
Skłoby
|
Nazi Germany
|
265 Poles
|
including women and children
|
Katyn massacre
|
April–May 1940
|
Katyn Forest
|
Soviet Union
|
22,000 Polish killed, most of them officers
|
21,857 confirmed by Soviet documents, about 440 of the prospective victims escaped the shootings. After intense research, today most of the victims are known name by name.
|
Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz
|
31 July 1940
|
Olkusz
|
Nazi Germany
|
20 Polish civilians
|
|
NKVD prisoner massacres in Poland
|
June–November 1941
|
Eastern Poland
|
Soviet Union
|
20,000–30,000
|
Largest massacres committed at Lwów, Łuck, Stanisławów, Dobromil, Tarnopol, Wilno, Złoczów, Sambor, Dubno, Drohobycz, Zaleszczyki.
|
Nowosiółki massacre
|
1941
|
Nowosiółki
|
Nazi Germany
|
Several hundred
|
The victims were patients of a local psychiatric hospital.[49]
|
Szczuczyn pogrom
|
25–28 June 1941
|
Szczuczyn
|
Polish nationalists
|
300 Jews
|
Pogrom halted after intervention by German army in favor of the Jews. Additional 100 Jews killed in July by Poles. The Jews were subsequently murdered by the Germans.
|
Dobromil massacre
|
30 June 1941
|
Dobromil
|
Nazi Germany
|
50–132 Jews
|
Not to be confused with the NKVD prisoner massacre in Dobromil, committed earlier that month.
|
1941 Białystok massacres
|
27 June, 3–4 July, 12–13 July 1941
|
Białystok
|
Nazi Germany
|
6,500–7,000 Jews
|
|
Lwów pogroms of 1941
|
June–July 1941
|
Lwów
|
Ukrainian nationalists Nazi Germany local crowds
|
6,000 Jews
|
|
Ponary massacre
|
July 1941–August 1944
|
Ponary
|
Nazi Germany Ypatingasis būrys
|
100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians
|
|
Massacre of Lwów professors
|
3–4 July 1941
|
Lviv
|
Nazi Germany
|
45 Polish professors
|
|
Radziłów pogrom
|
7–9 July 1941
|
Radziłów
|
Poles
|
600–2,000 Jews
|
|
Jedwabne pogrom
|
10 July 1941
|
Jedwabne
|
Poles (German military police was present, but did not intervene)
|
340–1,600 Jews
|
|
Mołodeczno massacres
|
13, 18 July, 25 October 1941, June, 7 September 1942
|
Mołodeczno
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 730 Jews
|
|
Mass murders in Tykocin
|
August 1941
|
Tykocin
|
Nazi Germany
|
some 700 Jews
|
Some 150 Jews managed to escape the massacre, however most were handed over to the Germans.
|
Czarny Las massacre
|
14–15 August 1941
|
Czarny Las near Stanisławów
|
Nazi Germany
|
250–300 Poles
|
|
Misznowszyna Forest massacre
|
20–21 October 1941
|
Misznowszyna Forest near Horodyszcze
|
Nazi Germany
|
1,000+ Jews
|
|
Rudzica Forest massacre
|
autumn of 1941
|
Rudzica Forest
|
Nazi Germany
|
some 1,500 Jews
|
|
Siniawka massacre
|
autumn of 1941 and summer of 1942
|
Siniawka
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 730 Jews
|
|
Ilja massacres
|
17 March and 7 June 1942
|
Ilja
|
Nazi Germany
|
650–850 Jews
|
|
Zdzięcioł massacres
|
30 April and 10 August 1942
|
Zdzięcioł
|
Nazi Germany
|
3,000–5,000 Jews
|
|
Święciany massacre
|
19–20 May 1942
|
Švenčionys, modern-day Lithuania (then eastern Poland)
|
Lithuanian Security Police
|
400–1,200 Poles
|
|
Łużki massacre
|
1 June 1942
|
Łużki
|
Nazi Germany
|
528 Jews
|
|
Iwieniec massacre
|
9 June 1942
|
Iwieniec
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 800 Jews
|
|
Marków massacre
|
24 June 1942
|
Marków
|
Nazi Germany
|
500+ Jews
|
|
Horodziej massacre
|
16 July 1942
|
Horodziej
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 1,000 Jews
|
|
Rajsk massacre
|
16 July 1942
|
Rajsk
|
Nazi Germany
|
142
|
|
Sarny massacre
|
27–28 August 1942
|
Sarny
|
Nazi Germany
|
14,000–18,000 Jews and around 100 Romanis
|
|
Nowy Bidaczów massacre
|
6 October 1942
|
Nowy Bidaczów
|
Nazi Germany
|
22 Poles
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka massacre
|
6 December 1942
|
Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka
|
Nazi Germany
|
31 Poles (including children) and 2 Jews
|
including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Świesielice massacre
|
7–8 December 1942
|
Świesielice
|
Nazi Germany
|
15 Poles
|
|
Kitów massacre
|
11 December 1942
|
Kitów
|
Nazi Germany
|
164+ Poles
|
including women and children
|
Samoklęski massacre
|
January 1943
|
Samoklęski
|
Nazi Germany
|
27 Jews and one Pole
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Stary Lubotyń massacre
|
23 January 1943
|
Stary Lubotyń
|
Nazi Germany
|
8 Poles
|
|
Dzierążnia massacre
|
28–29 January 1943
|
Dzierążnia
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 60 Poles
|
|
Budy and Huta Dzierążyńska massacre
|
29 January 1943
|
Budy Dzierążyńskie and Huta Dzierążyńska
|
Nazi Germany
|
50–80 Poles
|
|
Sumin massacre
|
29 January 1943
|
Sumin
|
Nazi Germany
|
50
|
|
Róża massacre
|
2 February 1943
|
Róża
|
Nazi Germany
|
dozens
|
|
Imbramowice massacre
|
2 February 1943
|
Imbramowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
50–60 Romanis
|
|
Paulinów massacre
|
24 February 1943
|
Paulinów
|
Nazi Germany
|
11 Poles and 3 Jews
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Leśna massacre
|
13 March 1943
|
Leśna
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 70 Jews
|
|
Siedliska massacre
|
15 March 1943
|
Siedliska
|
Nazi Germany
|
5 Poles and 4 Jews
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Różaniec massacre
|
18 March 1943
|
Różaniec
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 70 Poles
|
|
Naliboki massacre
|
8 May 1943
|
Naliboki, modern-day Belarus (then eastern Poland)
|
Soviet NKVD and Jewish partisans
|
129 (including one child)
|
|
Skałka Polska massacre
|
11 May 1943
|
Skałka Polska
|
Nazi Germany
|
93 Poles
|
|
Warsaw Ghetto massacre
|
19 April–16 May 1943
|
Warsaw ghetto, Warsaw
|
Nazi Germany
|
13,000 Jews
|
6,000 Jews burnt to death by German forces.
|
Szarajówka massacre
|
18 May 1943
|
Szarajówka
|
Nazi Germany
|
58–67 Poles
|
|
Kielce cemetery massacre
|
23 May 1943
|
Jewish Cemetery, Kielce
|
Nazi Germany
|
45 Jewish children
|
|
Ispina massacre
|
2 June 1943
|
Ispina
|
Nazi Germany
|
13 Poles
|
|
Strużki massacre
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3 June 1943
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Strużki
|
Nazi Germany
|
74+ Poles
|
|
Fidury and Koziki massacre
|
13 June 1943
|
Fidury and Koziki
|
Nazi Germany
|
21 Poles
|
including children
|
Posądza massacre
|
22 June 1943
|
Posądza
|
Nazi Germany
|
7 Poles
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including three children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Majdan Nowy massacre
|
24 June 1943
|
Majdan Nowy
|
Nazi Germany
|
28–36 Poles
|
|
Cegłów massacre
|
28 June 1943
|
Cegłów
|
Nazi Germany
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26 Poles and an unknown number of Jews
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including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Majdan Stary massacre
|
3 July 1943
|
Majdan Stary
|
Nazi Germany
|
75 Poles
|
|
Liszki massacre
|
4 July 1943
|
Liszki
|
Nazi Germany
|
30 Poles
|
27 men and 3 women
|
Michniów massacre
|
12–13 July 1943
|
Michniów
|
Nazi Germany
|
about 204 Poles
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including 48 children
|
Sikory-Tomkowięta massacre
|
13 July 1943
|
Sikory-Tomkowięta
|
Nazi Germany
|
49 Poles
|
|
Łysa Góra massacre
|
13 July 1943
|
Łysa Góra near Zawady
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Nazi Germany
|
58 Poles
|
|
Krasowo-Częstki massacre
|
17 July 1943
|
Krasowo-Częstki
|
Nazi Germany
|
257 Poles
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including 83 children under the age of 17
|
Wnory-Wandy massacre
|
21 July 1943
|
Wnory-Wandy
|
Nazi Germany
|
32 Poles
|
|
Radwanowice massacre
|
21 July 1943
|
Radwanowice
|
Nazi Germany
|
30 Poles
|
|
Gamratka massacre
|
27 July 1943
|
Gamratka
|
Nazi Germany
|
3 Jews and 2 Poles
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
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Jasionowo massacre
|
2 August 1943
|
Jasionowo
|
Nazi Germany
|
58 Poles
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including 19 children
|
Szczurowa massacre
|
3 August 1943
|
Szczurowa
|
Nazi Germany
|
93 Romanis
|
|
Operation Harvest Festival
|
3 August 1943
|
Lublin District
|
Nazi Germany
|
43,000 Jews of Majdanek, Poniatowa and Trawniki
|
|
Wierzchowisko massacre
|
1 September 1943
|
Wierzchowisko
|
Nazi Germany
|
2 Poles and several Jews
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Drewnowo-Gołyń massacre
|
11 September 1943
|
Drewnowo-Gołyń
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Nazi Germany
|
9 Poles
|
|
Tyczyn massacre
|
15 October 1943
|
Tyczyn
|
Nazi Germany
|
5 Poles
|
including one woman; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Kietlin massacre
|
October 1943
|
Kietlin
|
Nazi Germany
|
8 Jews and 3 Poles
|
including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (Volhynian slaughter)
|
1943–1944
|
Volhynia
|
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
|
about 91,000 (±15,000) mostly Polish people
|
by far most of the victimes were Poles, but also Ukrainians and people of ethnic minorities were killed
|
Koniuchy massacre
|
29 January 1944
|
Kaniūkai, modern-day Lithuania (then Eastern Poland)
|
Soviet NKVD and Jewish partisans
|
30–40 Poles
|
|
Zwierzyniec massacre
|
2 February 1944
|
Zwierzyniec
|
Nazi Germany
|
20 Poles
|
including a 15-year-old boy
|
Huta Pieniacka massacre
|
28 February 1944
|
Huta Pieniacka
|
Ukrainian nationalists
|
500[61]–1,200[62]
|
|
Wanaty massacre
|
28 February 1944
|
Wanaty
|
Nazi Germany
|
108 Poles
|
including 35 women and 47 children
|
Jamy massacre
|
8 March 1944
|
Jamy
|
Nazi Germany
|
152 Poles
|
|
Jabłoń-Dobki massacre
|
8 March 1944
|
Jabłoń-Dobki
|
Nazi Germany
|
91 Poles
|
including 31 women and 31 children
|
Markowa massacre
|
24 March 1944
|
Markowa
|
Nazi Germany
|
8 Poles and 8 Jews
|
retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
|
Smoligów massacre
|
27 March 1944
|
Smoligów
|
Nazi Germany
|
66–232 Poles
|
|
Poturzyn massacre
|
1 April 1944
|
Poturzyn
|
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS UPA
|
162 Poles
|
|
Chodaczków Wielki massacre
|
16 April 1944
|
Chodaczków Wielki
|
Nazi Germany
|
862 Poles
|
including children
|
Sochy massacre
|
1 June 1944
|
Sochy
|
Nazi Germany
|
181–200 Polish civilians
|
|
Olszanka massacre
|
5 June 1944
|
Olszanka
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 100
|
including children
|
Lublin Castle massacre
|
22 July 1944
|
Lublin
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 300 Poles and Jews
|
|
Międzyrzec Podlaski massacre of 1944
|
23 July 1944
|
Międzyrzec Podlaski
|
Nazi Germany
|
60 Italian POWs
|
[63]
|
Chłaniów and Władysławin massacre
|
23 July 1944
|
Chłaniów-Kolonia and Władysławin
|
Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense
|
44–45 Poles
|
|
Nur massacre
|
4 August 1944
|
Nur
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 120 Poles
|
|
Ochota massacre
|
4–25 August 1944
|
Ochota, Warsaw
|
Nazi Germany
|
10,000 Polish civilians
|
Including gang rape, looting and arson.
|
Wola massacre
|
5–12 August 1944
|
Wola, Warsaw
|
Nazi Germany
|
40,000–50,000 Poles
|
about 30,000 killed during the first three days
|
Małaszek massacre
|
31 August 1944
|
Małaszek
|
Nazi Germany
|
over 30 Poles
|
including women and children[65]
|
Plewki massacre
|
31 August 1944
|
Plewki
|
Nazi Germany
|
11 Poles
|
[65]
|
Lipniak-Majorat massacre
|
2 September 1944
|
Lipniak-Majorat
|
Nazi Germany
|
around 450 Poles
|
including women and children[65]
|
Bloody Christmas Eve in Ochotnica Dolna
|
23 December 1944
|
Ochotnica Dolna
|
Nazi Germany
|
56 Poles
|
including 19 children and 21 women
|
Nieławice massacre
|
31 December 1944–1 January 1945
|
Nieławice
|
Nazi Germany
|
56 Poles
|
including 32 children under the age of 14
|
Przyrów massacre
|
8 January 1945
|
Przyrów
|
Nazi Germany
|
43 Poles
|
|
Zawady Małe massacre
|
21–22 January 1945
|
Zawady Małe
|
Nazi Germany
|
110 Poles and 7 Russians
|
|
Marchwacz massacre
|
21–22 January 1945
|
Marchwacz
|
Nazi Germany
|
63 Polish civilians, 12 Soviet POWs
|
[68]
|
Dąbrówka Nowa Massacre
|
22 January 1945
|
Dąbrówka Nowa
|
Soviet Union
|
over 100 Latvians
|
|
Kortowo massacre
|
22 January 1945
|
Kortowo
|
Soviet Union
|
around 600
|
[69]
|
Biadki massacre
|
23 January 1945
|
Biadki
|
Soviet Union
|
18 Hungarian POWs
|
[70]
|
Łomnica massacre
|
24 January 1945
|
Łomnica
|
Nazi Germany
|
17
|
Massacre committed during a death march.[71]
|
Miechowice massacre
|
25–27 January 1945
|
Miechowice
|
Soviet Union
|
380
|
|
Stary Jaromierz massacre
|
26 January 1945
|
Stary Jaromierz
|
Nazi Germany
|
38 Jewish women
|
Massacre committed during a death march.[72]
|
Przyszowice massacre
|
26–28 January 1945
|
Przyszowice
|
Soviet Union
|
54–69
|
|
Halemba massacre
|
28 January 1945
|
Halemba
|
Soviet Union
|
35 civilians and 8 Italian POWs
|
|
Kuźnica Żelichowska massacre
|
28 January 1945
|
Kuźnica Żelichowska
|
Nazi Germany
|
6 Italian POW generals
|
[73]
|
Podgaje massacre
|
31 January 1945
|
Podgaje
|
Nazi Germany
|
160–210 Polish POWs
|
|
Leśno massacre
|
9 February 1945
|
Leśno
|
Nazi Germany
|
64 Jewish women
|
|
Pawłokoma massacre
|
3 March 1945
|
Pawłokoma
|
Poles
|
150–366 Ukrainians
|
|
Wierzchowiny massacre
|
6 June 1945
|
Wierzchowiny
|
National Armed Forces
|
50-196
|
|
Augustów roundup
|
10-25 July 1945
|
Suwałki and Augustów regions
|
Soviet Union
|
about 600 anti-communist
|
Out of 2,000 arrested by the Soviet forces, about 600 have disappeared.
|
Zawadka Morochowska massacres
|
25 January, 28 March, and 13 April 1946
|
Zawadka Morochowska
|
Polish People's Army
|
73 Ukrainians and Lemkos
|
|
1946 pacification of villages by PAS NZW
|
February 1946
|
Bielsk and Hajnówka County
|
Rajs' unit
|
79 Belarusians
|
|
Kielce pogrom
|
4 July 1946
|
Kielce
|
Poles
|
38–42 Jews
|
|
Pacification of Wujek
|
16 December 1981
|
Wujek Coal Mine
|
ZOMO
|
9 striking miners
|
|