Piaśnica Wielka

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Piaśnica Wielka is a village in Poland in Puck rural commune, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.

In the forest next to the village during World War II German Schutzstaffel executed about 12 000 people, mainly Polish and Kashubian intelligentsia from northern Pomerania. Among victims were also some about 1 200 mentally ill persons from local hospitals.

The mass executions began in October 1939 and lasted until April 1940. An exhumation of mass graves was carried after World War II in 1946. Out of total number of 35 graves, 30 were localised of which 26 were exhumed. Only 305 bodies (in 2 mass graves) were found, the rest of the bodies was burnt by Germans in August-September of 1944 in order to cover up tracks. For covering up the tracks Nazis forced prisoners from Stutthof concentration camp. The prisoners were later executed.

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Coordinates: 54°41′N 18°12′E

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