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
Polish POWs murdered by the Wehrmacht
Polish POWs and German soldiers shortly before the massacre
During World War II, the German Wehrmacht committed systematic war crimes, including massacres, mass rape, looting, the exploitation of forced labour, the murder of three million Soviet prisoners of w
Ciepielów massacre
…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 Ciepielów was the site of a mass murder of Polish prisoners of war from the Polish Upper…
Mass grave of Soviet prisoners of war. Soviet POWs were often subjected to forced marches without adequate food or water and commonly shot.
The Nazi Security Police rounding up Polish intelligentsia at Palmiry near Warsaw in 1940
During World War II 85% of buildings in Warsaw were destroyed by German troops.