Wąsosz pogrom
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When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Wąsosz (Lomza voivodeship) was conquered by the second week of war. At the end of September 1939, the area was transferred to Soviet control, but on June 22, 1941, the Wehrmacht reentered Wąsosz. At this point there were between 400 and 600 Jews in Wąsosz[1]. The advancing German combat troops soon left Wąsosz, and no Jews were harmed at that time[1]. In the second week of the German occupation, a ss-police force was joined Wąsocz[1]. On July 5, 1941, this unit surrounded Wąsosz to prevent Jews from escaping, and a house to house pogrom began[1]. The Jewish inhabitants of Wąsosz were brutally beaten and murdered, women were raped, and Jewish homes were looted. The corpses of the victims were later buried in a mass grave in a field adjacent to town. When the Germans returned they found that only fifteen Jews were left alive in Wąsosz[1]. The pogrom survivors were left in Wąsosz under the supervision of the local gendarmerie until July 1, 1942, when they were transferred to the Milbo estate where they were used for forced labour purposes. On November 2, 1942, they were moved to the Bogosza transit camp, and from there to Auschwitz and Treblinka death camps[1]. The crimes committed at Wąsosz are being investigated by Institute of National Remembrance of Poland [1].
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