What the records say
- When
- 5 Aug 1944 – 8 Aug 1944
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 30,000
- Coordinates
- 52.24° N, 20.98° E
- Description
- 1944 systematic mass-murder in Wola, Warsaw District in Masovian, Poland
Wola massacre
1944 extermination of civilians by Nazi forces in Wola, Warsaw, Poland
The Wola massacre was the systematic killing of between 40,000 and 50,000 Poles in the Wola neighbourhood of the Polish capital city, Warsaw, by the German Waffen-SS, Ordnungpolizei, the Azerbaijani Legion, Sicherheitdienst and the SS-Sonderregiment Dirlewanger, which took place from 5 to 12 August 1944.
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