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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in both historic and modern day areas of Poland (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Deaths | Notes |
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Sack of Sandomierz (1241) | 13 February 1241 | Sandomierz | Mongol Empire | The Mongols massacred almost all residents. | |
Sack of Kraków (1241) | March 1241 | Kraków | Mongol Empire | The Mongols massacred almost all residents. | |
Sack of Sandomierz (1260) | February 1260 | Sandomierz | Mongol Empire | The Mongols massacred almost all residents. | |
Gdańsk massacre | 13 November 1308 | Gdańsk | ![]() | 60–1,000 Polish civilians | |
Gołańcz massacre | 3 May 1656 | Gołańcz | ![]() | 25+ Poles | Remains of 22 adults (incl. six women) and three children were discovered during an archaeological survey in 2014. [1] |
Kościan massacre of 1656 | 10 October 1656 | Kościan | ![]() | 300 Polish inhabitants | [2] |
Massacre of Uman | 20–21 June 1768 | Humań | Cossacks (Ukrainians) | up to 20,000 Poles and Jews | |
Massacre of Praga | 4 November 1794 | Praga, Warsaw | ![]() | 6,000 Polish people killed or wounded | |
Fiszewo massacre | 27 January 1832 | Fiszewo | ![]() | 12 Poles | [3] |
Galician slaughter | early 1846 | Western Galicia | peasants | about 1,000 nobles | |
Warsaw massacres of 1861 | 25–27 February and 8 April 1861 | Warsaw | ![]() | Over 200 Polish protesters | [4] |
Białaszewo massacre | 31 March 1863 | Białaszewo | ![]() | 16+ Polish civilians | including women [5] |
Bredynki massacre | 6 May 1863 | Bredynki | ![]() | 17 Poles | further 30 people wounded [6] |
Lututów massacre | 15 June 1863 | Lututów | ![]() | Dozens of Polish POWs | [7] |
Wygoda massacre | 21 July 1863 | Wygoda | ![]() | 50 young Poles | [8] [9] |
Białystok pogrom | 14–16 June 1906 | Białystok | Black Hundreds Russian soldiers | 81–88 Jews | |
Siedlce pogrom | 8–10 September 1906 | Siedlce | ![]() | 26 Jews | |
Lwów pogrom of 1914 | 27 September 1914 | Lwów | ![]() | 38–49 Jews | |
Międzyrzec Podlaski massacre of 1918 | 16 November 1918 | Międzyrzec Podlaski | ![]() | 44 Poles | |
Mysłowice massacre | 15 August 1919 | Mysłowice | ![]() | 10 Poles | Seven miners, two women and a 13-year-old boy [10] |
Wilno school massacre | 6 May 1925 | Wilno (now Vilnius) | 2 students | 5 (including themselves) | First school shooting in Polish history |
Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Deaths | Notes |
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Intelligenzaktion | September 1939-Spring 1942 | Poland | ![]() | up to 100,000 Polish people, mostly intellectuals | Largest massacres committed at Piaśnica, Mniszek, Szpęgawsk Forest, Gniewkowo, Łopatki, Dopiewiec, Igły, Klamry, Fordon, Palmiry. [11] [12] |
Torzeniec massacre | 1–2 September 1939 | Torzeniec | ![]() | 37 Poles | |
Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy massacre | 2 September 1939 | Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy | ![]() | 113 Poles | including 30 children [13] |
Wyszanów massacre | 2 September 1939 | Wyszanów | ![]() | 24 Poles | |
Gostyń massacre | 2 September 1939 | Gostyń | ![]() | 13 Poles | including four women and a parish priest [14] |
Bukownica massacre | 2 September 1939 | Bukownica | ![]() | 7+ Poles | [15] |
Łaziska massacre | 2–6 September 1939 | Łaziska Górne, Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Średnie | ![]() | 69 Poles | including 30 children [16] |
Albertów massacre | 3 September 1939 | Albertów | ![]() | 159 Poles | [13] |
Krzepice massacre | 3 September 1939 | Krzepice | ![]() | 30 Poles | [17] |
Mysłów massacre | 3 September 1939 | Mysłów | ![]() | 22 Poles | Victims were burned alive, including 10 children. [13] |
Pińczyce massacre | 3 September 1939 | Pińczyce | ![]() | 20 Poles | [17] |
Świekatowo massacre | 3 September 1939 | Świekatowo | ![]() | 26 Poles | [18] |
Święta Anna massacre | 3 September 1939 | Święta Anna | ![]() | 29 Poles | [17] |
Jankowice massacre | 3 September 1939 | Jankowice | ![]() | 13 Poles | including women and children [14] |
Zgoń massacre | 3 September 1939 | Zgoń | ![]() | 8 Poles | including one woman [19] |
Lędziny massacre | 3 September 1939 | Lędziny | ![]() | 7 Poles | including a 16-year-old girl [20] |
Bloody Sunday | 3–4 September 1939 | Bydgoszcz | ![]() | 254 | |
Świętochłowice massacre | 3–4 September 1939 | Świętochłowice | ![]() | 10 Poles | [21] |
Częstochowa massacre (Bloody Monday) | 4 September 1939 | Częstochowa | ![]() | 88–200 | |
Złoczew massacre | 4 September 1939 | Złoczew | ![]() | 200 Poles and Jews | |
Katowice massacre (Bloody Monday) | 4 September 1939 | Katowice | ![]() | about 80 Polish defenders | including Polish boy and girl scouts |
Kruszyna massacre | 4 September 1939 | Kruszyna | ![]() | dozens of Poles | including 10 children [17] |
Cielętniki massacre | 4 September 1939 | Cielętniki | ![]() | 28 Poles | including four children [17] |
Pasternik massacre | 4 September 1939 | Pasternik | ![]() | 29 Poles | including one woman [22] |
Wodzisław massacre of 1939 | 4 September 1939 | Wodzisław | ![]() | around 40 Poles | [23] |
Pławno massacre | 4 September 1939 | Pławno | ![]() | 15 Poles | [17] |
Pszczyna massacre | 4 September 1939 | Pszczyna | ![]() | 14 Poles | 13 boy scouts and a teacher [14] |
Siewierz massacre | 4 September 1939 | Siewierz | ![]() | 10 Poles | including several teenagers [24] |
Wyry massacre | 4–6 September 1939 | Wyry | ![]() | over 10 Poles | [14] |
Serock massacre | 5 September 1939 | Serock | ![]() | over 80 Polish POWs | [25] |
Kajetanowice massacre | 5 September 1939 | Kajetanowice | ![]() | over 70 Poles | including ten children under the age of 16 [17] |
Krasnosielc massacre | 5–6 September 1939 | Krasnosielc | ![]() | 50 Jews | |
Moryca and Longinówka massacre | 6 September 1939 | Moryca and Longinówka | ![]() | Polish POWs, including 19 officers | [25] |
Komorów and Krasna massacre | 6 September 1939 | Komorów and Krasna | ![]() | 28 | including children |
Uniejów massacre | 6, 8 September 1939 | Uniejów | ![]() | 50 | [26] |
Będzin massacres | 6, 9 September 1939 | Będzin | ![]() | 20 Poles and 100 Jews | [27] |
Wylazłów massacre | 7 September 1939 | Wylazłów | ![]() | 24 Poles | [26] |
Mordarka massacre | 7 September 1939 | Mordarka | ![]() | 9 Jews and one Pole | [28] |
Wągrowiec massacre | 7 September 1939 | Wągrowiec | ![]() | 8 Poles | [26] |
Balin massacre | 8 September 1939 | Balin | ![]() | 21 Poles | [26] |
Koźle massacre | 8 September 1939 | Koźle | ![]() | 17 Poles | [15] |
Ciepielów massacre | 8 September 1939 | Ciepielów | ![]() | around 300 Polish POWs | |
Tyszki massacre | 8 September 1939 | Tyszki-Ciągaczki | ![]() | 33 Poles | [29] |
Chechło massacre | 8 September 1939 | Chechło near Pabianice | ![]() | 30 Poles | [30] |
Dominikowice massacre | 8 September 1939 | Dominikowice | ![]() | 23 Poles | [15] |
Czekaj massacre | 8 September 1939 | Czekaj | ![]() | 13 Poles | [26] |
Bagatele massacre | 8 September 1939 | Bagatele | ![]() | 11 Poles | [31] |
Siemianowice Śląskie massacre | 8 September 1939 | Siemianowice Śląskie | ![]() | 6 Poles | [21] |
Lipsko massacre | 8–9 September 1939 | Lipsko | ![]() | 66 | [32] |
Mszczonów massacres | 8, 11 September 1939 | Mszczonów | ![]() | 11 Polish POWs and 20 Polish civilians | Including the town's mayor. [25] [29] |
Sławków massacre | 9 September 1939 | Sławków | ![]() | 98 Jews | [32] |
Wyszków massacre | 9 September 1939 | Wyszków | ![]() | 65+ Jews | [32] |
Orło massacre | 9 September 1939 | Orło | ![]() | 10 Poles | [30] |
Pniewo massacre | 9 September 1939 | Pniewo | ![]() | Over 10 Poles | [29] |
Mielno massacre | 9 September 1939 | Mielno | ![]() | 7 Poles | [26] |
Łęczyca massacre | 9–10 September 1939 | Łęczyca | ![]() | 29 Poles | [29] |
Mszadla massacre | 10 September 1939 | Mszadla | ![]() | 153 Poles | [33] |
Gniazdowo massacre | 10 September 1939 | Gniazdowo | ![]() | around 20 Poles | [30] |
Zdziechowa massacre | 10 September 1939 | Zdziechowa | ![]() | 24 Poles | [34] |
Rawa Mazowiecka massacre | 10 September 1939 | Rawa Mazowiecka | ![]() | 40 | [29] |
Bądków massacre | 10 September 1939 | Bądków | ![]() | 22 Poles | including a 14-year-old boy [15] |
Piaseczno massacre of 1939 | 10 September 1939 | Piaseczno | ![]() | 21 Polish POWs | [25] |
Stare Rogowo massacre | 10 September 1939 | Stare Rogowo | ![]() | 21 Poles | [35] |
Laski Szlacheckie massacre | 10 September 1939 | Laski Szlacheckie | ![]() | 20 Poles | including four families [29] |
Karczew massacre | 11 September 1939 | Karczew | ![]() | 75 Poles | [36] |
Skierniewice massacre | 11 September 1939 | Skierniewice | ![]() | 60 | [36] |
Kowalewice massacre | 11 September 1939 | Kowalewice | ![]() | 23 Poles | [37] |
Obora massacre | 11 September 1939 | Obora | ![]() | 22 Poles | [30] |
Niewolno massacre | 11 September 1939 | Niewolno | ![]() | 18 Poles | [38] |
Jankowo Dolne massacre | 11 September 1939 | Jankowo Dolne | ![]() | 12 Poles | including women and children [26] |
Szczucin massacre | 12 September 1939 | Szczucin | ![]() | around 40 Polish POWs and around 30 Polish civilians | [39] |
Parma massacre | 12 September 1939 | Parma | ![]() | 32 Poles | [29] |
Koźmice Wielkie massacre | 12 September 1939 | Koźmice Wielkie | ![]() | 32 Jews | [32] |
Sadówka massacre | 12 September 1939 | Sadówka | ![]() | around 12 Poles | [40] |
Cecylówka massacre | 13 September 1939 | Cecylówka | ![]() | 54–68 | |
Łowicz massacre | 13 September 1939 | Łowicz | ![]() | 21 | [29] |
Mień massacre | 13 September 1939 | Mień | ![]() | 9 Poles | [41] |
Zambrów massacre | night of 13–14 September 1939 | Zambrów | ![]() | more than 200 Polish POW | |
Olszewo massacre | 14 September 1939 | Olszewo | ![]() | 30 Polish POWs and 23 civilians | [41] |
Moskwin massacre | 14 September 1939 | Moskwin | ![]() | 9 Poles | [42] |
Sulejówek massacre | 15 September 1939 | Sulejówek and Długa Szlachecka | ![]() | over 90 Poles | [29] |
Massacre in Dynów | 15-28 September 1939 | Dynów | ![]() | Around 300 killed | |
Retki massacre | 16 September 1939 | Retki | ![]() | 22 Poles | [29] |
Henryków massacre | 17 September 1939 | Henryków | ![]() | 76 Poles | including women and children [36] |
Leszno massacre | 17 September 1939 | Leszno | ![]() | around 50 Poles | [36] |
Bąków massacre | 17 September 1939 | Bąków | ![]() | 18 Poles | including two families [29] |
Śladów massacre | 18 September 1939 | Śladów | ![]() | around 300 Poles, including POWs and refugees | including women and children [36] |
Mogilno massacre | 18 September 1939 | Mogilno | Local German minority | 40 Polish (1 Jewish descent) | |
Błonie massacre | 18 September 1939 | Błonie | ![]() | 50 Jews and Poles | |
Gąbin massacre | 19–21 September 1939 | Gąbin | ![]() | 20 Poles | [36] |
Majdan Wielki massacre | 20 September 1939 | Majdan Wielki | ![]() | 42 Polish POWs | [39] |
Białystok massacre of 1939 | 20 September 1939 | Białystok | ![]() | 8 | [43] |
Boryszew massacre | 22 September 1939 | Boryszew | ![]() | 50 Polish POWs | [44] |
Urycz massacre | 22 September 1939 | Urycz | ![]() | 73–100 Polish POWs | [45] |
Psia Górka massacre | 22 September 1939 | Psia Górka | ![]() | over 100 Polish POWs and 300 Polish civilians | [46] |
Husynne massacre | 23 September 1939 | Husynne | ![]() | 25 Polish POWs | [46] |
Rogalin massacre | 24 September 1939 | Rogalin | ![]() | 28 Polish POWs | [47] |
Mokrany massacre | 28 September 1939 | Mokrany | ![]() | 18 Polish POWs | [46] |
Zakroczym massacre | 28 September 1939 | Zakroczym | ![]() | about 600 Polish POWs | |
Luszkówko massacre | September 1939–January 1940 | Luszkówko | ![]() | around 1,000 Poles | The victims were mentally ill people from a psychiatric hospital in Świecie. [48] |
Szczuczki massacre | 1 October 1939 | Szczuczki | ![]() | 64 Poles | including ten boys under the age of 18 [36] |
Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz) | October–November 1939 | Bydgoszcz | ![]() | 1,200–1,400 | |
Dalki massacre | 7 November 1939 | Dalki | ![]() | 24 Poles | including 10 defenders of Kłecko [49] |
Ostrów Mazowiecka massacre | 11 November 1939 | Ostrów Mazowiecka | ![]() | up to 600 Jews | |
Wawer massacre | 26–27 December 1939 | Wawer | ![]() | 107 | 7 shot but survived |
Palmiry massacre | December 1939–June 1941 | Palmiry | ![]() | 1,700 Poles and Jews | |
Sieklówka massacre | December 1939–January 1940 | Sieklówka | ![]() | 93 Poles | [50] |
Piotrowice massacre | 18 January 1940 | Piotrowice | ![]() | 39 Poles | [51] |
Dąbrówka Mała massacre | 3–4 April 1940 | Dąbrówka Mała | ![]() | 40 Poles | [51] |
Parczew massacre | 20 February 1940 | Parczew | ![]() | 350 Polish POWs (Jews) | |
Celiny massacre | 4 April 1940 | Celiny | ![]() | 29 Poles | [51] |
Skłoby massacre | 11 April 1940 | Skłoby | ![]() | 265 Poles | including women and children [52] |
Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz | 31 July 1940 | Olkusz | ![]() | 20 Polish civilians | |
NKVD prisoner massacres in Poland | June–November 1941 | Eastern Poland | ![]() | 20,000–30,000 | Largest massacres committed at Lwów, Łuck, Stanisławów, Dobromil, Tarnopol, Wilno, Złoczów, Sambor, Dubno, Drohobycz, Zaleszczyki. |
Łaszczów massacre of 1941 | 21 June 1941 | Łaszczów | Ukrainian nationalists | 30 Poles | [53] |
Zabłudów massacre | 23 June 1941 | Zabłudów | ![]() | 15 Poles | [54] |
Nowosiółki massacre | 1941 | Nowosiółki | ![]() | Several hundred | The victims were patients of a local psychiatric hospital. [55] |
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. |
1941 Białystok massacres | 27 June, 3–4 July, 12–13 July 1941 | Białystok | ![]() | 6,500–7,000 Jews | |
Dobromil massacre | 30 June 1941 | Dobromil | ![]() | 50–132 Jews | Not to be confused with the NKVD prisoner massacre in Dobromil, committed earlier that month. |
Lwów pogroms of 1941 | June–July 1941 | Lwów | Ukrainian nationalists ![]() local crowds | 6,000 Jews | |
Broniki massacre | 1 July 1941 | Broniki | ![]() | 153 German POWs | |
Ponary massacre | July 1941–August 1944 | Ponary | ![]() Ypatingasis būrys | 100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians | |
Massacre of Lwów professors | 3–4 July 1941 | Lwów | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | around 730 Jews | |
Krewo massacre | 25 July 1941 | Krewo | ![]() | 8 | |
Oszmiana massacre of 1941 | 26 July 1941 | Oszmiana | ![]() | 527 Jews | |
Beresteczko massacre of 1941 | 8 August 1941 | Beresteczko | ![]() | around 300 Jews | |
Czarny Las massacre | 14–15 August 1941 | Czarny Las near Stanisławów | ![]() | 250–300 Poles | |
Mass murders in Tykocin | 25 August 1941 | Tykocin | ![]() | some 700 Jews | Some 150 Jews managed to escape the massacre, however most were handed over to the Germans. |
Tonkiele massacre | September–December 1941 | Tonkiele | ![]() | 5,000+ POWs | |
Worniki massacre | 30 September 1941 | Worniki | ![]() Ypatingasis būrys | 1,446 Jews | |
Misznowszyna Forest massacre | 20–21 October 1941 | Misznowszyna Forest near Horodyszcze | ![]() | 1,000+ Jews | |
Kleck massacres of 1941 | 25 and 30 October 1941 | Kleck | ![]() | around 3,800 Jews | |
Nieśwież massacre | 30 October 1941 | Nieśwież | ![]() | around 4,000 Jews | |
Rudzica Forest massacre | autumn of 1941 | Rudzica Forest | ![]() | some 1,500 Jews | |
Siniawka massacre | autumn of 1941 and summer of 1942 | Siniawka | ![]() | around 730 Jews | |
Ilja massacres | 17 March and 7 June 1942 | Ilja | ![]() | 650–850 Jews | |
Kazanów massacre | 18 March 1942 | Kazanów | ![]() | 16 Poles and 16 Jews | |
Rohatyn massacre | 20 March 1942 | Rohatyn | ![]() | 1,820 Jews | |
Wąwolnica massacre | 22 March 1942 | Wąwolnica | ![]() | 40–120 Jews | |
Petryków massacre | 23 March 1942 | Petryków | ![]() | around 700 Jews | |
Dołhinów massacre | 30 March 1942 | Dołhinów | ![]() | around 1,000 Jews | |
Opoczno massacre | 27 April 1942 | Opoczno | ![]() | 30–40 Jews | The victims were Zionists and Communists. |
Zdzięcioł massacres | 30 April and 10 August 1942 | Zdzięcioł | ![]() | 3,000–5,000 Jews | |
Wiszenki massacre | 10–25 May 1942 | Wiszenki and Wiszenki-Kolonia | ![]() | around 42 Poles | including women and children [56] |
Święciany massacre | 19–20 May 1942 | Švenčionys, modern-day Lithuania (then eastern Poland) | Lithuanian Security Police | 400–1,200 Poles | |
Horyszów Polski massacre | 19 May 1942 | Horyszów Polski | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 17 Poles | [57] |
Łużki massacre | 1 June 1942 | Łużki | ![]() | 528 Jews | |
Iwieniec massacre | 9 June 1942 | Iwieniec | ![]() | around 800 Jews | |
Wodzisław massacre of 1942 | ca. 15 June 1942 | Wodzisław | ![]() | 50 Jews | [58] |
Druja massacre | 17 June 1942 | Druja | ![]() | 1,000+ Jews | |
Marków massacre | 24 June 1942 | Marków | ![]() | 500+ Jews | |
Łabuńki massacre | 25 June 1942 | Łabuńki | ![]() | 9 Poles | [59] |
Horodziej massacre | 16 July 1942 | Horodziej | ![]() | around 1,000 Jews | |
Rajsk massacre | 16 July 1942 | Rajsk | ![]() | 142 | [60] |
Kleck massacre of 1942 | 22 July 1942 | Kleck | ![]() | around 1,400 Jews | |
Mereczowszczyzna massacre | 24–25 July 1942 | Mereczowszczyzna | ![]() | around 1,200 Jews | |
Lenin massacre | 14 August 1942 | Lenin | ![]() | Nearly all Jewish residents were massacred. | |
Ostrówek massacres | 19 August 1942 and 9 April 1944 | Ostrówek | ![]() | 31 Poles | including men, women and children [61] |
Sarny massacre | 27–28 August 1942 | Sarny | ![]() | 14,000–18,000 Jews and around 100 Romanis | |
Beresteczko massacre of 1942 | September 1942 | Beresteczko | ![]() | around 2,000 Jews | |
Krasienin massacre | 12 September 1942 | Krasienin | ![]() | 5 Poles | [62] |
Nowy Bidaczów massacre | 6 October 1942 | Nowy Bidaczów | ![]() | 22 Poles | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [63] |
Oszmiana massacre of 1942 | 23 October 1942 | Oszmiana | ![]() | 406 Jews | Victims were elderly people. |
Izabelin massacre | 24 October 1942 | Izabelin | ![]() | dozens of Jews | The victims were prisoners of a forced labour camp. |
Obrocz massacre | 28 October 1942 | Obrocz | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 28 Poles | [64] |
Kurów massacre of 1942 | 13 November 1942 | Kurów | ![]() | 36 Jews | |
Parchatka massacre | 18 November 1942 | Parchatka | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 28 Poles | further 25 Poles deported to Auschwitz [65] |
Duniłowicze massacre | 21–22 November 1942 | Duniłowicze | ![]() | around 900 Jews | |
Jarosławiec massacre | December 1942 | Jarosławiec | ![]() | 12 Poles | 3 men, 2 women, and 7 children [59] |
Wielącza massacre | 5 and 15 December 1942 | Wielącza | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | around 172 Poles | including 27 children; massacre committed during an expulsion [66] |
Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka massacre | 6 December 1942 | Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 15 Poles | |
Kitów massacre | 11 December 1942 | Kitów | ![]() | 164+ Poles | |
Puszno Skokowskie massacre | 15 December 1942 | Puszno Skokowskie | ![]() | 5 Poles | including women [67] |
Rachodoszcze massacres | 20 and 29 December 1942, 22 March 1943 | Rachodoszcze | ![]() | 46 Poles | including women and children [68] |
Łaszczów massacre of 1942 | 25 December 1942 | Łaszczów | ![]() | 76 Poles | [53] |
Samoklęski massacre | January 1943 | Samoklęski | ![]() | 27 Jews and one Pole | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [69] |
Wierzbie massacre | 4 January 1943 | Wierzbie | ![]() Ukrainian nationalists | 30 Poles | 21 men, 3 women and 6 children [66] |
Wólka Nieliska massacre of 1943 | 4 January 1943 | Wólka Nieliska | ![]() | 13 Poles | 10 men and 3 women [70] |
Stary Lubotyń massacre | 23 January 1943 | Stary Lubotyń | ![]() | 8 Poles | [71] |
Dzierążnia massacre | 28–29 January 1943 | Dzierążnia | ![]() | over 60 Poles | |
Budy and Huta Dzierążyńska massacre | 29 January 1943 | Budy Dzierążyńskie and Huta Dzierążyńska | ![]() | 50–80 Poles | |
Sumin massacre | 29 January 1943 | Sumin | ![]() | 50 | |
Róża massacre | 2 February 1943 | Róża | ![]() | dozens | |
Imbramowice massacre | 2 February 1943 | Imbramowice | ![]() | 50–60 Romanis | |
Paulinów massacre | 24 February 1943 | Paulinów | ![]() | 11 Poles and 3 Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
Leśna massacre | 13 March 1943 | Leśna | ![]() | around 70 Jews | |
Siedliska massacre | 15 March 1943 | Siedliska | ![]() | 5 Poles and 4 Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
Różaniec massacre | 18 March 1943 | Różaniec | ![]() | around 70 Poles | |
Purim massacre in Tomaszów Mazowiecki | 21 March 1943 | Tomaszów Mazowiecki | ![]() | 20+ Jews | Massacre committed during the Purim Jewish holiday. |
Purim massacre in Piotrków Trybunalski | 21 March 1943 | Piotrków Trybunalski | ![]() | 10 Jews | Massacre committed during the Purim Jewish holiday. |
Naliboki massacre | 8 May 1943 | Naliboki, modern-day Belarus (then eastern Poland) | ![]() | 129 (including one child) | |
Skałka Polska massacre | 11 May 1943 | Skałka Polska | ![]() | 93 Poles | |
Warsaw Ghetto massacre | 19 April–16 May 1943 | Warsaw ghetto, Warsaw | ![]() | 13,000 Jews | 6,000 Jews burnt to death by German forces. |
Szarajówka massacre | 18 May 1943 | Szarajówka | ![]() | 58–67 Poles | |
Kielce cemetery massacre | 23 May 1943 | Jewish Cemetery, Kielce | ![]() | 45 Jewish children | |
Ispina massacre | 2 June 1943 | Ispina | ![]() | 13 Poles | |
Strużki massacre | 3 June 1943 | Strużki | ![]() | 74+ Poles | |
Fidury and Koziki massacre | 13 June 1943 | Fidury and Koziki | ![]() | 21 Poles | including children [72] |
Posądza massacre | 22 June 1943 | Posądza | ![]() | 7 Poles | including three children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [73] |
Majdan Nowy massacre | 24 June 1943 | Majdan Nowy | ![]() | 28–36 Poles | |
Cegłów massacre | 28 June 1943 | Cegłów | ![]() | 26 Poles and an unknown number of Jews | including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [73] |
Bukowina massacres | 1 July, 24 October 1943, 6 January, 4 July 1944 | Bukowina | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 24–28 Poles | including women [74] |
Majdan Stary massacre | 3 July 1943 | Majdan Stary | ![]() | 75 Poles | |
Liszki massacre | 4 July 1943 | Liszki | ![]() | 30 Poles | 27 men and 3 women |
Michniów massacre | 12–13 July 1943 | Michniów | ![]() | about 204 Poles | including 48 children |
Sikory-Tomkowięta massacre | 13 July 1943 | Sikory-Tomkowięta | ![]() | 49 Poles | [60] |
Łysa Góra massacre | 13 July 1943 | Łysa Góra near Zawady | ![]() | 58 Poles | [60] |
Krasowo-Częstki massacre | 17 July 1943 | Krasowo-Częstki | ![]() | 257 Poles | including 83 children under the age of 17 [60] |
Wnory-Wandy massacre | 21 July 1943 | Wnory-Wandy | ![]() | 32 Poles | [75] |
Radwanowice massacre | 21 July 1943 | Radwanowice | ![]() | 30 Poles | |
Gamratka massacre | 27 July 1943 | Gamratka | ![]() | 3 Jews and 2 Poles | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [76] |
Jasionowo massacre | 2 August 1943 | Jasionowo | ![]() | 58 Poles | including 19 children [75] |
Szczurowa massacre | 3 August 1943 | Szczurowa | ![]() | 93 Romanis | |
Wojciechów massacre | 15 August 1943 | Wojciechów | ![]() | 7 Poles | [77] |
Zamch massacre | 16 August 1943 | Zamch | ![]() | 8 Poles | [78] |
Wierzchowisko massacre | 1 September 1943 | Wierzchowisko | ![]() | 2 Poles and several Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
Drewnowo-Gołyń massacre | 11 September 1943 | Drewnowo-Gołyń | ![]() | 9 Poles | [79] |
Wodzisław massacre of 1943 | September–October 1943 | Wodzisław | ![]() | 318 Jews | [80] |
Tyczyn massacre | 15 October 1943 | Tyczyn | ![]() | 5 Poles | including one woman; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [81] |
Wojciechów massacre | October 1943 | Wojciechów | ![]() | 15 Jews and one Pole | [82] |
Kietlin massacre | October 1943 | Kietlin | ![]() | 8 Jews and 3 Poles | including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [83] |
Operation Harvest Festival | 3–4 November 1943 | Lublin District | ![]() | 43,000 Jews of Majdanek, Poniatowa and Trawniki | |
Żyrardów massacre | 18 November 1943 | Żyrardów | ![]() | 24 Poles | [84] |
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (Volhynian slaughter) | 1943–1945 | Volhynia and Eastern Galicia | ![]() | about 91,000 (±15,000) mostly Polish people | by far most of the victims were Poles, but also Ukrainians and people of ethnic minorities were killed |
Jaworzno massacre | 6 December 1943 | Jaworzno | ![]() | 19 | The victims were prisoners of a subcamp of Auschwitz. |
Dąbrówka massacre | 17 or 19 December 1943 | Dąbrówka | ![]() | 9 Poles | eight additional Polish inhabitants arrested [85] |
Włodawa massacre of 1944 | 6 January 1944 | Włodawa | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 42 Poles | [86] |
Koniuchy massacre | 29 January 1944 | Koniuchy (now Kaniūkai, Lithuania) | ![]() | 30–40 Poles | |
Zwierzyniec massacre | 2 February 1944 | Zwierzyniec | ![]() | 20 Poles | including a 15-year-old boy |
Huta Pieniacka massacre | 28 February 1944 | Huta Pieniacka | Ukrainian nationalists | 500 [87] –1,200 [88] | |
Wanaty massacre | 28 February 1944 | Wanaty | ![]() | 108 Poles | including 35 women and 47 children |
Kurów massacre of 1944 | 6 March 1944 | Kurów | ![]() | 45 Poles | Victims were captured resistance members from the region. [89] |
Jamy massacre | 8 March 1944 | Jamy | ![]() | 152 Poles | |
Jabłoń-Dobki massacre | 8 March 1944 | Jabłoń-Dobki | ![]() | 91 Poles | including 31 women and 31 children [75] |
Markowa massacre | 24 March 1944 | Markowa | ![]() | 8 Poles and 8 Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
Smoligów massacre | 27 March 1944 | Smoligów | ![]() | 66–232 Poles | |
Poturzyn massacre | 1 April 1944 | Poturzyn | ![]() ![]() | 162 Poles | |
Sielczyk massacre | 12 April 1944 | Sielczyk | ![]() | 9 Poles | Victims were men and women, aged between 20 and 75. [90] |
Chodaczków Wielki massacre | 16 April 1944 | Chodaczków Wielki | ![]() | 862 Poles | including children |
Moroczyn massacre | 14 May 1944 | Moroczyn | ![]() Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 8 Poles | [91] |
Sochy massacre | 1 June 1944 | Sochy | ![]() | 181–200 Polish civilians | |
Sulmice massacre | 4 June 1944 | Sulmice | ![]() | several Poles | Dozens additional Polish inhabitants arrested. [92] |
Olszanka massacre | 5 June 1944 | Olszanka | ![]() | around 100 | including children |
Glinciszki massacre | 20 June 1944 | Glinciszki | Lithuanian Auxiliary Police | 39 Poles | including 11 women, 11 children, and 6 elderly men |
Wodzisław massacre of 1944 | 8 July 1944 | Wodzisław | ![]() | 13 Poles | [77] |
Lublin Castle massacre | 22 July 1944 | Lublin | ![]() | over 300 Poles and Jews | |
Międzyrzec Podlaski massacre of 1944 | 23 July 1944 | Międzyrzec Podlaski | ![]() | 60 Italian POWs | [93] |
Chłaniów and Władysławin massacre | 23 July 1944 | Chłaniów-Kolonia and Władysławin | Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense | 44–45 Poles | |
Pęcice massacre | 2 August 1944 | Pęcice | ![]() | 65 Poles | Victims were partisans, mostly young people, including five women. [94] |
Nur massacre | 4 August 1944 | Nur | ![]() | around 120 Poles | [95] |
Ochota massacre | 4–25 August 1944 | Ochota, Warsaw | ![]() | 10,000 Polish civilians | Including gang rape, looting and arson. |
Wola massacre | 5–12 August 1944 | Wola, Warsaw | ![]() | 40,000–50,000 Poles | about 30,000 killed during the first three days |
Małaszek massacre | 31 August 1944 | Małaszek | ![]() | over 30 Poles | including women and children [96] |
Plewki massacre | 31 August 1944 | Plewki | ![]() | 11 Poles | [96] |
Liquidation of the insurgent hospitals in Warsaw's Old Town | 2 September 1944 | Warsaw | ![]() | up to 7,000 Poles | including wounded insurgents and civilians |
Lipniak-Majorat massacre | 2 September 1944 | Lipniak-Majorat | ![]() | around 450 Poles | including women and children [96] [97] |
Bloody Christmas Eve in Ochotnica Dolna | 23 December 1944 | Ochotnica Dolna | ![]() | 56 Poles | including 19 children and 21 women |
Nieławice massacre | 31 December 1944 – 1 January 1945 | Nieławice | ![]() | 56 Poles | including 32 children under the age of 14 [98] |
Przyrów massacre | 8 January 1945 | Przyrów | ![]() | 43 Poles | |
Gliwice massacre | 18–19 January 1945 | Gliwice | ![]() | dozens | The victims were prisoners of two subcamps of Auschwitz. |
Czechowice massacre | 21 January 1945 | Czechowice | ![]() | several | The victims were prisoners of a subcamp of Auschwitz. |
Zawady Małe massacre | 21–22 January 1945 | Zawady Małe | ![]() | 110 Poles and 7 Russians | |
Marchwacz massacre | 21–22 January 1945 | Marchwacz | ![]() | 63 Polish civilians, 12 Soviet POWs | [99] |
Dąbrówka Nowa Massacre | 22 January 1945 | Dąbrówka Nowa | ![]() | over 100 Latvians | |
Kortowo massacre | 22 January 1945 | Kortowo | ![]() | around 600 | [100] |
Biadki massacre | 23 January 1945 | Biadki | ![]() | 18 Hungarian POWs | [101] |
Łomnica massacre | 24 January 1945 | Łomnica | ![]() | 17 | Massacre committed during a death march. [102] |
Miechowice massacre | 25–27 January 1945 | Miechowice | ![]() | 380 | |
Stary Jaromierz massacre | 26 January 1945 | Stary Jaromierz | ![]() | 38 Jewish women | Massacre committed during a death march. [103] |
Przyszowice massacre | 26–28 January 1945 | Przyszowice | ![]() | 54–69 | |
Wesoła massacre | 27 January 1945 | Wesoła | ![]() | around 239 | The victims were prisoners of a subcamp of Auschwitz. |
Halemba massacre | 28 January 1945 | Halemba | ![]() | 35 civilians and 8 Italian POWs | |
Kuźnica Żelichowska massacre | 28 January 1945 | Kuźnica Żelichowska | ![]() | 6 Italian POW generals | [104] |
Podgaje massacre | 31 January 1945 | Podgaje | ![]() | 160–210 Polish POWs | |
Leśno massacre | 9 February 1945 | Leśno | ![]() | 64 Jewish women | [105] |
Pawłokoma massacre | 3 March 1945 | Pawłokoma | Poles | 150–366 Ukrainians | |
Słupsk massacre | 7 March 1945 | Słupsk | ![]() | 22 | |
Wierzchowiny massacre | 6 June 1945 | Wierzchowiny | National Armed Forces | 50-196 | |
Augustów roundup | 10-25 July 1945 | Suwałki and Augustów regions | ![]() | 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 | |
Werbkowice massacre | 20 February 1946 | Werbkowice | ![]() | 8 Polish soldiers | [106] |
Liwcze massacre of 1946 | 28 March 1946 | Liwcze | ![]() | 31 Polish policemen | [107] |
Zamołodycze massacre | 31 March 1946 | Zamołodycze | ![]() | 5–8 Polish civilians | [108] |
Mircze massacre of 1946 | 25 May 1946 | Mircze | ![]() | 24 Polish soldiers | [109] |
Kielce pogrom | 4 July 1946 | Kielce | Poles | 38–42 Jews | |
Żuków massacre | 21 November 1946 | Żuków | ![]() | 5 Poles | Four civilians and a policeman. [108] |
Pacification of Wujek | 16 December 1981 | Wujek Coal Mine, Katowice | ZOMO | 9 striking miners | Further 23 people wounded. |
Lubin massacre | 31 August 1982 | Lubin | Milicja Obywatelska | 3 striking miners | Further 11 people wounded. [110] |
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