The Częstochowa massacre, also known as the Bloody Monday, was committed by the German Wehrmacht forces beginning on the 4th day of World War II in the Polish city of Częstochowa, between 4 and 6 September 1939. The shootings, beatings and plunder continued for three days in more than a dozen separate locations around the city. Approximately 1,140 Polish civilians, were murdered.
A monument commemorating the massacre, on the John Paul II square, near the cathedral where atrocities took place
The Wehrmacht entering the suburbs of Czestochowa
Częstochowa is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of the Lesser Poland region, not of Silesia, and before 1795, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship.
Image: Częstochowa klasztor Jasna Góra 2162
Image: Kościół pw. św. Zygmunta 1
Image: Częstochowski ratusz 2
Image: Częstochowa Układ urbanistyczny aleje NMP 2153