What the records say
- When
- 21 May 1945
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 52.26° N, 21.16° E
- Description
- Polish Underground raid in 1945
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Attack on the NKVD Camp in Rembertów
Polish Underground raid in 1945
On May 21, 1945, a unit of the Polish Home Army, led by Colonel Edward Wasilewski, attacked a Soviet NKVD camp located in Rembertów in the eastern outskirts of Warsaw. Hundreds of Polish citizens had been imprisoned there, including members of the Home Army and other members of the underground resistance. Prisoners at the camp were being systematically deported to Siberia.
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