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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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