List of massacres in Poland

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in both historic and modern day areas of Poland (numbers may be approximate):

Massacres until 1939

Name	Date	Location	Perpetrators	Deaths	Notes
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	Teutonic Knights	60–1,000 Polish civilians
Gołańcz massacre	3 May 1656	Gołańcz	Swedish Empire	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	Swedish Empire	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	Russian Empire	6,000 Polish people killed or wounded
Fiszewo massacre	27 January 1832	Fiszewo	Kingdom of Prussia	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	Russian Empire	Over 200 Polish protesters	[4]
Białaszewo massacre	31 March 1863	Białaszewo	Russian Empire	16+ Polish civilians	including women [5]
Bredynki massacre	6 May 1863	Bredynki	Kingdom of Prussia	17 Poles	further 30 people wounded [6]
Lututów massacre	15 June 1863	Lututów	Russian Empire	Dozens of Polish POWs	[7]
Wygoda massacre	21 July 1863	Wygoda	Russian Empire	50 young Poles	[8] [9]
Białystok pogrom	14–16 June 1906	Białystok	Black Hundreds Russian soldiers	81–88 Jews
Mysłowice massacre	15 August 1919	Mysłowice	Weimar Republic	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

Massacres during World War II and communist rule

Name	Date	Location	Perpetrators	Deaths	Notes
Intelligenzaktion	September 1939-Spring 1942	Poland	Nazi Germany	up to 100,000 Polish people, mostly intellectuals
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 [11]
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 [12]
Bukownica massacre	2 September 1939	Bukownica	Nazi Germany	7+ Poles	[13]
Łaziska massacre	2–6 September 1939	Łaziska Górne, Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Średnie	Nazi Germany	69 Poles	including 30 children [14]
Albertów massacre	3 September 1939	Albertów	Nazi Germany	159 Poles	[11]
Krzepice massacre	3 September 1939	Krzepice	Nazi Germany	30 Poles	[15]
Mysłów massacre	3 September 1939	Mysłów	Nazi Germany	22 Poles	Victims were burned alive, including 10 children. [11]
Pińczyce massacre	3 September 1939	Pińczyce	Nazi Germany	20 Poles	[15]
Świekatowo massacre	3 September 1939	Świekatowo	Nazi Germany	26 Poles	[16]
Święta Anna massacre	3 September 1939	Święta Anna	Nazi Germany	29 Poles	[15]
Jankowice massacre	3 September 1939	Jankowice	Nazi Germany	13 Poles	including women and children [12]
Zgoń massacre	3 September 1939	Zgoń	Nazi Germany	8 Poles	including one woman [17]
Lędziny massacre	3 September 1939	Lędziny	Nazi Germany	7 Poles	including a 16-year-old girl [18]
Bloody Sunday	3–4 September 1939	Bydgoszcz	Nazi Germany	254
Świętochłowice massacre	3–4 September 1939	Świętochłowice	Nazi Germany	10 Poles	[19]
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 [15]
Cielętniki massacre	4 September 1939	Cielętniki	Nazi Germany	28 Poles	including four children [15]
Pasternik massacre	4 September 1939	Pasternik	Nazi Germany	29 Poles	including one woman [20]
Pławno massacre	4 September 1939	Pławno	Nazi Germany	15 Poles	[15]
Pszczyna massacre	4 September 1939	Pszczyna	Nazi Germany	14 Poles	13 boy scouts and a teacher [12]
Siewierz massacre	4 September 1939	Siewierz	Nazi Germany	10 Poles	including several teenagers [21]
Wyry massacre	4–6 September 1939	Wyry	Nazi Germany	over 10 Poles	[12]
Serock massacre	5 September 1939	Serock	Nazi Germany	over 80 Polish POWs	[22]
Kajetanowice massacre	5 September 1939	Kajetanowice	Nazi Germany	over 70 Poles	including ten children under the age of 16 [15]
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	[22]
Uniejów massacre	6, 8 September 1939	Uniejów	Nazi Germany	50	[23]
Będzin massacres	6, 9 September 1939	Będzin	Nazi Germany	20 Poles and 100 Jews	[24]
Wylazłów massacre	7 September 1939	Wylazłów	Nazi Germany	24 Poles	[23]
Mordarka massacre	7 September 1939	Mordarka	Nazi Germany	9 Jews and one Pole	[25]
Wągrowiec massacre	7 September 1939	Wągrowiec	Nazi Germany	8 Poles	[23]
Balin massacre	8 September 1939	Balin	Nazi Germany	21 Poles	[23]
Koźle massacre	8 September 1939	Koźle	Nazi Germany	17 Poles	[13]
Massacre in Ciepielów	8 September 1939	Ciepielów	Nazi Germany	around 300 Polish POWs
Tyszki massacre	8 September 1939	Tyszki-Ciągaczki	Nazi Germany	33 Poles	[26]
Chechło massacre	8 September 1939	Chechło near Pabianice	Nazi Germany	30 Poles	[27]
Dominikowice massacre	8 September 1939	Dominikowice	Nazi Germany	23 Poles	[13]
Czekaj massacre	8 September 1939	Czekaj	Nazi Germany	13 Poles	[23]
Bagatele massacre	8 September 1939	Bagatele	Nazi Germany	11 Poles	[28]
Siemianowice Śląskie massacre	8 September 1939	Siemianowice Śląskie	Nazi Germany	6 Poles	[19]
Lipsko massacre	8–9 September 1939	Lipsko	Nazi Germany	66	[29]
Mszczonów massacres	8, 11 September 1939	Mszczonów	Nazi Germany	11 Polish POWs and 20 Polish civilians	Including the town's mayor. [22] [26]
Sławków massacre	9 September 1939	Sławków	Nazi Germany	98 Jews	[29]
Wyszków massacre	9 September 1939	Wyszków	Nazi Germany	65+ Jews	[29]
Orło massacre	9 September 1939	Orło	Nazi Germany	10 Poles	[27]
Pniewo massacre	9 September 1939	Pniewo	Nazi Germany	Over 10 Poles	[26]
Mielno massacre	9 September 1939	Mielno	Nazi Germany	7 Poles	[23]
Łęczyca massacre	9–10 September 1939	Łęczyca	Nazi Germany	29 Poles	[26]
Mszadla massacre	10 September 1939	Mszadla	Nazi Germany	153 Poles	[30]
Gniazdowo massacre	10 September 1939	Gniazdowo	Nazi Germany	around 20 Poles	[27]
Zdziechowa massacre	10 September 1939	Zdziechowa	Nazi Germany	24 Poles	[31]
Rawa Mazowiecka massacre	10 September 1939	Rawa Mazowiecka	Nazi Germany	40	[26]
Bądków massacre	10 September 1939	Bądków	Nazi Germany	22 Poles	including a 14-year-old boy [13]
Piaseczno massacre of 1939	10 September 1939	Piaseczno	Nazi Germany	21 Polish POWs	[22]
Stare Rogowo massacre	10 September 1939	Stare Rogowo	Nazi Germany	21 Poles	[32]
Laski Szlacheckie massacre	10 September 1939	Laski Szlacheckie	Nazi Germany	20 Poles	including four families [26]
Karczew massacre	11 September 1939	Karczew	Nazi Germany	75 Poles	[33]
Skierniewice massacre	11 September 1939	Skierniewice	Nazi Germany	60	[33]
Kowalewice massacre	11 September 1939	Kowalewice	Nazi Germany	23 Poles	[34]
Obora massacre	11 September 1939	Obora	Nazi Germany	22 Poles	[27]
Niewolno massacre	11 September 1939	Niewolno	Nazi Germany	18 Poles	[35]
Jankowo Dolne massacre	11 September 1939	Jankowo Dolne	Nazi Germany	12 Poles	including women and children [23]
Szczucin massacre	12 September 1939	Szczucin	Nazi Germany	around 40 Polish POWs and around 30 Polish civilians	[36]
Parma massacre	12 September 1939	Parma	Nazi Germany	32 Poles	[26]
Koźmice Wielkie massacre	12 September 1939	Koźmice Wielkie	Nazi Germany	32 Jews	[29]
Sadówka massacre	12 September 1939	Sadówka	Nazi Germany	around 12 Poles	[37]
Łowicz massacre	13 September 1939	Łowicz	Nazi Germany	21	[26]
Mień massacre	13 September 1939	Mień	Nazi Germany	9 Poles	[38]
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	[38]
Moskwin massacre	14 September 1939	Moskwin	Nazi Germany	9 Poles	[39]
Sulejówek massacre	15 September 1939	Sulejówek and Długa Szlachecka	Nazi Germany	over 90 Poles	[26]
Massacre in Dynów	15-28 September 1939	Dynów	Nazi Germany	Around 300 killed
Retki massacre	16 September 1939	Retki	Nazi Germany	22 Poles	[26]
Henryków massacre	17 September 1939	Henryków	Nazi Germany	76 Poles	including women and children [33]
Leszno massacre	17 September 1939	Leszno	Nazi Germany	around 50 Poles	[33]
Bąków massacre	17 September 1939	Bąków	Nazi Germany	18 Poles	including two families [26]
Śladów massacre	18 September 1939	Śladów	Nazi Germany	around 300 Poles, including POWs and refugees	including women and children [33]
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	[33]
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	[36]
Boryszew massacre	22 September 1939	Boryszew	Nazi Germany	50 Polish POWs	[40]
Psia Górka massacre	22 September 1939	Psia Górka	Soviet Union	over 100 Polish POWs and 300 Polish civilians	[41]
Husynne massacre	23 September 1939	Husynne	Soviet Union	25 Polish POWs	[41]
Mokrany massacre	28 September 1939	Mokrany	Soviet Union	18 Polish POWs	[41]
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. [42]
Szczuczki massacre	1 October 1939	Szczuczki	Nazi Germany	64 Poles	including ten boys under the age of 18 [33]
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 [43]
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	[44]
Piotrowice massacre	18 January 1940	Piotrowice	Nazi Germany	39 Poles	[45]
Dąbrówka Mała massacre	3–4 April 1940	Dąbrówka Mała	Nazi Germany	40 Poles	[45]
Celiny massacre	4 April 1940	Celiny	Nazi Germany	29 Poles	[45]
Skłoby massacre	11 April 1940	Skłoby	Nazi Germany	265 Poles	including women and children [46]
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
Nowosiółki massacre	1941	Nowosiółki	Nazi Germany	Several hundred	The victims were patients of a local psychiatric hospital. [47]
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	Nazi Germany	6,500–7,000 Jews
Lviv pogroms	June–July 1941	Lviv	local crowds, Ukrainian nationalists, Germans	6,000 Jews
Ponary massacre	July 1941–August 1944	Ponary	Nazi Germany Ypatingasis būrys	100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians
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
Massacre of Lwów professors	July 1941	Lviv	Nazi Germany	45 Polish professors
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
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
Rajsk massacre	16 July 1942	Rajsk	Nazi Germany	142	[48]
Nowy Bidaczów massacre	6 October 1942	Nowy Bidaczów	Nazi Germany	22 Poles	retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [49]
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 [50]
Stary Lubotyń massacre	23 January 1943	Stary Lubotyń	Nazi Germany	8 Poles	[51]
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
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)
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	3 June 1943	Strużki	Nazi Germany	74+ Poles
Fidury and Koziki massacre	13 June 1943	Fidury and Koziki	Nazi Germany	21 Poles	including children [52]
Posądza massacre	22 June 1943	Posądza	Nazi Germany	7 Poles	including three children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [53]
Majdan Nowy massacre	24 June 1943	Majdan Nowy	Nazi Germany	28–36 Poles
Cegłów massacre	28 June 1943	Cegłów	Nazi Germany	26 Poles and an unknown number of Jews	including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [53]
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	including 48 children
Sikory-Tomkowięta massacre	13 July 1943	Sikory-Tomkowięta	Nazi Germany	49 Poles	[48]
Łysa Góra massacre	13 July 1943	Łysa Góra near Zawady	Nazi Germany	58 Poles	[48]
Krasowo-Częstki massacre	17 July 1943	Krasowo-Częstki	Nazi Germany	257 Poles	including 83 children under the age of 17 [48]
Wnory-Wandy massacre	21 July 1943	Wnory-Wandy	Nazi Germany	32 Poles	[54]
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 [55]
Jasionowo massacre	2 August 1943	Jasionowo	Nazi Germany	58 Poles	including 19 children [54]
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
Drewnowo-Gołyń massacre	11 September 1943	Drewnowo-Gołyń	Nazi Germany	9 Poles	[56]
Tyczyn massacre	15 October 1943	Tyczyn	Nazi Germany	5 Poles	including one woman; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [57]
Kietlin massacre	October 1943	Kietlin	Nazi Germany	8 Jews and 3 Poles	including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust [58]
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 [59] –1,200 [60]
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 [54]
Markowa massacre	24 March 1944	Markowa	Nazi Germany	8 Poles and 8 Jews	retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust
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
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	[61]
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 [62]
Plewki massacre	31 August 1944	Plewki	Nazi Germany	11 Poles	[62]
Lipniak-Majorat massacre	2 September 1944	Lipniak-Majorat	Nazi Germany	around 450 Poles	including women and children [62] [63]
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 [64]
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	[65]
Dąbrówka Nowa Massacre	22 January 1945	Dąbrówka Nowa	Soviet Union	over 100 Latvians
Kortowo massacre	22 January 1945	Kortowo	Soviet Union	around 600	[66]
Biadki massacre	23 January 1945	Biadki	Soviet Union	18 Hungarian POWs	[67]
Łomnica massacre	24 January 1945	Łomnica	Nazi Germany	17	Massacre committed during a death march. [68]
Przyszowice massacre	26–28 January 1945	Przyszowice	Soviet Union	54–69
Kuźnica Żelichowska massacre	28 January 1945	Kuźnica Żelichowska	Nazi Germany	6 Italian POW generals	[69]
Podgaje massacre	31 January 1945	Podgaje	Nazi Germany	160–210 Polish POWs
Leśno massacre	9 February 1945	Leśno	Nazi Germany	64 Jewish women	[70]
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

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