Wola Massacre
80 years ago today (August 5,
1944) the Wola Massacre occurred in German-Occupied Warsaw, Poland during the
Warsaw Uprising.
The Warsaw Uprising began on
August 1, 1944 to try and liberate Warsaw from German Occupation.
On August 5th - known
as Black Saturday - the Germans and their Collaborators (the Azerbaijani Legion
and Russians in the Kaminski Brigade) started the Systematic Massacre of Polish
Civilians in the Wola Neighborhood of Warsaw – under the direct orders of
Heinrich Himmler to “kill anything that moves.”
At first the Massacre was
disorganized and chaotic with the Germans murdering Polish Men, Women and
Children in their Apartments and on the Streets, but soon the Massacre became
more organized with the Civilians first captured and then assembled in groups
before being shot.
The Germans also went into
Hospitals in the Neighborhood to get their Victims.
300 Patients and 60 Staff were
murdered at the Wolski Hospital; 1,200 Patients, Staff and Civilians were
murdered at the St. Lazarus Hospital and 200 Patients, Staff and Civilians were
murdered at the Karol and Maria Children's Hospital.
The Wola Massacre lasted from
August 5- 7, 1944 and when it ended the Germans had murdered around 65,000
Polish Men, Women and Children.
From August 12, 1944 a new German
Order was made to deport all Polish Civilians from Warsaw and Warsaw burnt to
the ground.
700,000 Polish Men, Women and
Children were deported from Warsaw and sent to Concentration and Labor Camps.
No German who participated in the
Wola Massacre was ever tried for their crimes.
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