Wola Massacre
Wola Massacre
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The Wola massacre was a tragic event that took place during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. It involved the systematic execution of thousands of Polish civilians by German forces, primarily in the Wola district of Warsaw.
As the Polish resistance launched an uprising against Nazi occupation, the German military responded with brutal force. From August 5 to August 12, 1944, German troops rounded up civilians, including men, women, and children, executing them en masse. Estimates suggest that between 40,000 to 100,000 people were killed.
The massacre was characterized by extreme violence, including house-to-house searches, raping, mass shootings, and the burning of buildings. It aimed to suppress the uprising and instill fear in the population. The Wola massacre is one of the most horrific episodes of World War II in Poland and reflects the devastating impact of war on civilian populations. Memorials have been errected to honor the victims.
Wola Massacre
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Wola Massacre map from Uprising Museum
Franaszek Factory - Employees and several thousand local residents who took shelter in the factory were murdered. Estimated total between 4,000 and 6,000 killed.
Massacred of all patients, nurses and doctors at the Wola hospital.
Ursus Factory - 7,000 killed
300 killed
2,000 killed
Saint Stanislaw for Infectious Desease - 20 killed
Górczewska Street at the location of the railway embankment where up to 12,000 people were shot and then burned.
Church of St Clement Hofbauer
St. Adalbert’s Church on Wolska street
”With women and children now being spared, they were corralled in St. Adalbert’s church on Wolska street. The scenes that unfolded there were horrific. Drunk SS men dressed in priests’ cassocks dragged women outside to be raped. They killed whoever they wanted.
Some women gave birth and the cries of the newborns had to be smothered so as not to irritate the guards. A toilet was dug behind at the altar and the smell inside the church was overpowering.
The church premises was the largest assembly point for civilians driven out of the city. About 400 Poles were killed in the vicinity of the church. An area inside the church designated as a memorial depicting the horrifying event.
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