What the records say
- When
- 12 Sep 1939
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 19
- Coordinates
- 51.19° N, 20.41° E
- Description
- war crime committed in September 1939 by Wehrmacht soldiers against Jews
Końskie massacre
1939 massacre of Jewish civilians by German soldiers in occupied Poland
The Końskie massacre was a German war crime committed against Jewish civilians in Końskie, Poland, on 12 September 1939, during the invasion of Poland. German soldiers forced local Jews to dig graves for dead German soldiers and then opened fire during a chaotic incident, killing approximately 19 to 22 Jewish civilians and wounding several others.
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