What the records say
- When
- 31 Jul 1940
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 3
- Coordinates
- 50.28° N, 19.56° E
- Description
- perpetration of civilians in Poland
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz
Perpetration of civilians in Poland
The Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz or Bloody Wednesday in Olkusz was a violent reprisal against Polish civilians perpetrated by the German occupiers in Olkusz on July 31, 1940, during World War II. Three victims were killed.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Кровавая среда (Олькуш) в Польше проведённая немецкими оккупационными властями в ответ на убийство немецкого полицейского”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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