Zambrów massacre

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Zambrów massacre

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''' Zambrów massacre''' that took place on the night of 13 to 14 September 1939 was one of the largest [[war crimes of the Wehrmacht]] during its [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|invasion of Poland]]. On that day, the makeshift [[prisoners of war]] camp in [[Zambrów]] was disturbed by a number of panicked horses, and over 200 Polish soldiers, trying to move out of their way, were gunned by German sentries. <ref name=":1">Tomasz Sudoł, [https://ift.tt/2UNNNAu ZBRODNIE WEHRMACHTU NA JEŃCACH POLSKICH WE WRZEŚNIU 1939 ROKU], Biuro Edukacji Publicznej IPN</ref> Witnesses later stated that the horses were purposefully unleashed on the camp by the German sentries, who used the incident as a pretext to massacre the prisoners.<ref name="Datner1961"></ref>

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[[Category:Mass murder in 1939]]
[[Category:1939 in Poland]]
[[Category:Massacres in Poland]]
[[Category:World War II prisoners of war massacres by Nazi Germany]]
[[Category:Nazi war crimes in Poland]]
[[Category:September 1939 events]]

September 12, 2019 at 05:04PM