Borów Massacre
The Borów massacre was a German massacre of the civilian population in the area of the Polish village Borów , which is about 8 km southeast of Annopol . Units of the German troop police , Wehrmacht and security police killed 917 people in the villages of Borów, Łążek Chwałowski , Łążek Zaklikowski , Szczecyn and Wólka Szczecka from February 2, 1944 and set the villages on fire.
background
In the Borów area , a larger partisan group of Narodowe Siły Zbrojne had formed in the second half of 1943 , led by Leonard "Ząb" Zub-Zdanowicz and several hundred men strong. This group carried out several attacks on German military units and facilities. As emerged from a situation report by the commander of the police in the Lublin district on February 3, 1944, "strong forces of the troop police , armed forces and security police " were brought together to take joint action against the guerrilla group, estimated at 600 men. Police battalion 316 was also among the police units .
execution
The action began on February 2, 1944 and lasted about three days. The operational area included the villages of Borów, Łążek Chwałowski, Łążek Zaklikowski, Szczecyn and Wólka Szczecka. The partisans largely managed to escape the action by fleeing into the woods, while the civilian population was exposed to persecution by German units. In the report of February 3, 1944, the success of the action was stated: “480 bandits and suspects shot dead in fire fighting or while on the run. Over 300 family members transported to the employment office ”.
literature
- Konrad Schuller : The last day of Borów - Polish farmers, German soldiers and a never-ending war. Herder, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-30116-2 .
Web links
- Hans Georg: The last day of Borów. In: Neue Rheinische Zeitung.
Individual evidence
- ↑ barracked police, set up paramilitary
- ↑ Konrad Schuller: “No house was spared”, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 1, 2009.