Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
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Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski was a German politician of Polish-Kashubian descent, military officer and high-ranking SS commander. During World War II, he was in charge of the Nazi secur
Bach-Zelewski in 1944
Bach-Zelewski in Minsk in 1943
Photos taken by the Polish Underground showing the bodies of women and children killed during the Warsaw Uprising, August 1944.
Wola massacre
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The Wola massacre was the systematic killing of between 40,000 and 50,000 Poles in the Wola neighbourhood of the Polish capital city, Warsaw, by the German Waffen-SS, Ordnungpolizei, the Azerbaijani L
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
…fighting and the almost total destruction of Warsaw, Bach-Zelewski managed to take control of the city, committing atrocities in the process, notably the Wola massacre. Bach-Zelewski was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1944. On 4 October 1944, he accepted the surrender of General Tadeusz…
The Wola Genocide Memorial on Górczewska Street at the location of the railway embankment where up to 10,000 people were shot and then burned by the Germans between 5 and 8 August 1944
Residents of Wola being expelled from their homes in August 1944
Building of a barricade on one of Wola's streets
SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Reinefarth with soldiers of the 3rd Cossack Regiment