1939 ⟶ "Bloody Sunday" in Bydgoszcz: Civilian Massacre
"Bloody Sunday": accused of having shot at Polish troops, ab...
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🩸 "Bloody Sunday" in Bydgoszcz: Civilian Massacre
"Bloody Sunday": accused of having shot at Polish troops, about 1,000 ethnic German civilians are killed in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.⟶
PolandGermanyMassacreCivilian CasualtiesBydgoszczWorld War IIEastern FrontWar Crime
🩸 Bloody Sunday Massacre in Stanisławów
Bloody Sunday massacre at Stanisławów, 8,000–12,000 Jews were rounded up and shot into pits by SIPO (Ukrainian police) together with German uniformed SS men. Dr. Tenenbaum of the Judenrat heroically refuses the offer of exemption and is shot along with the others.⟶
HolocaustMassacreStanislawowJewsSSUkraineGenocideEastern FrontWar Crimes
💀 Wola Massacre in Warsaw
Wola massacre: 40-50 thousand civilians murdered by German and collaborating Russian forces in the Wola district of Warsaw.⟶
WarsawPolandMassacreCivilian CasualtiesGermanyWWIIWar CrimesEastern FrontBrutalityWola District
🔪 Distomo Massacre in Greece
In the Distomo massacre in Greece, 218 civilians are killed.⟶
Greecemassacrecivilian casualtiesGerman atrocitiesoccupationEastern Frontwar crimesatrocities
🔪 Baligród Massacre: Polish Civilians Killed
Ukrainian insurgents kill 42 Polish civilians in the Baligród massacre.⟶
massacrePolandUkraineethnic violencecivilian casualtiesEastern Frontinsurgentsatrocitieswar crimesconflict
🔥 Gardelegen Massacre
Gardelegen Massacre takes place. Over 1000 slave laborers were closed in a barn which then was set on fire. It was one of the last massacres on civil population perpetrated by Germans. Just a few hours later, American troops captured Gardelegen⟶
GermanyMassacreGardelegenWar CrimesConcentration CampCivilian CasualtiesHolocaustWorld War II