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
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
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
Wola massacre
…them in their beds, as well as the doctors and nurses caring for them. Dogs were let loose to find survivors to be killed. The operation was led by Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, though its most infamous perpetrators were the SS-Sonderregiment Dirlewanger whose forces committed the cruelest atrocities, drawing criticism from…
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.