The 29th Infantry Division was a unit of the German army created in the fall of 1936. It was based on the old Reichswehr 15th Infantry Regiment and drew its initial recruits from Thuringia. It was upg
German soldiers of the 15th Regiment of 29th Infantry Division after the execution of Polish civilians during the Invasion of Poland, 9 September 1939.
Ciepielów massacre
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The Ciepielów massacre that took place on 8 September 1939 was one of the largest and most documented war crimes of the German Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland. On that day, the forest near Cie
29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
…killing between 60 and 80 Jewish inhabitants of the town. The division took part in the encirclement of Polish forces at Radom, Poland and committed the Massacre in Ciepielów, where about 300 Polish prisoners of war were executed. In December 1939 it was transferred to the west. During the invasion of France it joined the…
Polish POWs and German soldiers shortly before the massacre
Memorial in Dąbrowa