List of massacres in Poland


The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in both historic and modern day areas of Poland :
NameDateLocationPerpetratorsDeathsNotes
Gdańsk massacre13 November 1308Gdańsk Teutonic Knights60-1,000 Polish civilians
Massacre of Uman20–21 June 1768UmanCossacks up to 20000 Poles and Jews people killed
Massacre of Praga4 November 1794Praga, WarsawRussian Empire6,000 Polish people killed or wounded
Białystok pogrom14–16 June 1906BiałystokBlack Hundreds
Russian soldiers		81-88 Jews
IntelligenzaktionSeptember 1939-Spring 1942Poland Nazi Germanyup to 100,000 Polish people, mostly intellectuals
Bloody Sunday 3–4 September 1939Bydgoszcz Nazi Germany254 People from Bromberg
Częstochowa massacre
4 September 1939Częstochowa Nazi Germany88-200 killed
Massacre in Ciepielów8 September 1939Ciepielów Nazi GermanyAround 300 killed
Mogilno massacre18 September 1939Mogilno Mogilno Germans minority40 Polish
Valley of Death
October–November 1939Bydgoszcz Nazi Germany1200-1400
Wawer massacre26–27 December 1939Wawer Nazi Germany1077 shot but survived
Palmiry massacreDecember 1939–June 1941Palmiry1,700 Poles and Jews
Katyn Forest massacre
April–May 1940Katyn Forest Soviet Union22,000 Polish killed, most of them officers21,857 confirmed by Soviet documents, about 440 of the prospective victims escaped the shootings. After intense research, today most of the victims are known name by name.
NKVD prisoner massacres in PolandJune–November 1941Eastern Poland Soviet Union20,000-30,000
Szczuczyn pogrom25–28 June 1941SzczuczynPolish nationalists300 JewsPogrom halted after intervention by German army in favor of the Jews. Additional 100 Jews killed in July by Poles. The Jews were subsequently murdered by the Germans.
Lviv pogromsJune–July 1941Lvivlocal crowds, Ukrainian nationalists, Germans6,000 Jews
Radziłów pogrom7–9 July 1941RadziłówPoles600-2000 Jews
Jedwabne pogrom10 July 1941JedwabnePoles 340-1600 Jews
Massacre of Lviv professors
July 1941Lviv Nazi Germany45 Polish professors
Naliboki massacre8 May 1943Nalibaki, modern-day Belarus Soviet NKVD and Jewish partisans129
Warsaw Ghetto massacre19 April–16 May 1943Warsaw ghetto, Warsaw Nazi Germany13,000 Jews6,000 Jews burnt to death by German forces.
Ochota massacreAugust 1944Ochota, Warsaw Nazi Germany10,000 Polish civiliansIncluding gang rape, looting and arson.
Szczurowa massacre3 August 1943Szczurowa Nazi Germany93 Romanis
Koniuchy massacre29 January 1944Kaniūkai, modern-day Lithuania Soviet NKVD and Jewish partisans30-40 Poles
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
1943–1944Volhynia Ukrainian Insurgent Armyabout 91,000 mostly Polish peopleby far most of the victimes were Poles, but also Ukrainians and people of ethnic minorities were killed
Huta Pieniacka massacre28 February 1944Huta PieniackaUkrainian nationalists500-1,200
Wola massacre5–12 August 1944Wola, Warsaw Nazi Germany40,000-50,000 Polesabout 30,000 killed during the first three days
Pawłokoma massacre3 March 1945PawłokomaPoles150-366 Ukrainians
Przyszowice massacre26–28 January 1945Przyszowice Soviet Union54-69
Kielce pogrom4 July 1946KielcePoles38-42 Jews