List of massacres in Poland
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Poland (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | ocation | Deaths | Notes |
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Gdańsk massacre | 1308 | Gdańsk (Danzig) | 60-1000 | |
Massacre of Praga | November 4, 1794 | Praga, Warsaw | 6000 killed or wounded | |
Białystok pogrom | June 14–16, 1906 | Białystok | 81-88 | |
Częstochowa massacre (Bloody Monday) |
September 4, 1939 | Częstochowa | 88-200 killed | |
Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz) |
October - November, 1939 | Bydgoszcz | 1200-1400 | |
Wawer massacre | December 26-27, 1939 | Wawer | 107 | 7 shot but survived |
Katyn Forest massacre |
April and May 1940 | Katyn Forest | 22,000 killed | |
Jedwabne pogrom | July, 1941 | Jedwabne | 340 | |
Massacre of Lviv professors |
July 1941 | Lviv | 45 | |
Ochota massacre | August 1944 | Warsaw | 10,000 | |
Szczurowa massacre | August 3, 1943 | Szczurowa | 93 | |
Massacre of Poles in Volhynia (Volhynian slaughter) |
1943-1944 | Volhynia | 70,000-100,000 | |
Wola massacre | August 8, 1944 | Warsaw | 40,000-100,000 | |
Pawłokoma massacre | March 3, 1945 | Pawłokoma | 366 | |
Przyszowice massacre | January 26-28, 1945 | Przyszowice | 54-69 | |
Kielce pogrom | July 4, 1946 | Kielce | 38-42 |