What the records say
- When
- 9 Sep 1939
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 51.22° N, 21.60° E
- Description
- mass murder of Polish prisoners of war by German Wehrmacht soldiers on September 9, 1939
Ciepielów massacre
War crime in Poland, 8 September 1939
The Ciepielów massacre that took place on 8 September 1939 was one of the largest and most documented war crimes of the German Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland. On that day, the forest near Ciepielów was the site of a mass murder of Polish prisoners of war from the Polish Upper Silesian 74th Infantry Regiment.
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