What the records say
- When
- 20 Sep 1939
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 42
- Coordinates
- 50.54° N, 23.27° E
- Description
- Massacre of Polish POWs during the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.
Majdan Wielki massacre
The Majdan Wielki massacre, which occurred on September 20, 1939, near the village of Majdan Wielki, was a war crime committed by the Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland. On that day, 42 Polish prisoners of war were executed by German soldiers due to false reports alleging that Poles had mutilated a dead German soldier.
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