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During the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939, Wehrmacht, Gestapo and Einsatzkommando soldiers in Dynów on the first day of Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) mass murdered 170-200 Jewish civilians from the town. 150 Jews were mass murdered by machine guns after being taken away from the town on trucks. 50 Jews were burned alive in their prayer house.[1][2][3][4]
| Massacre in Dynów | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dynów, Occupied Poland |
| Date | September 15, 1939–September 28, 1939 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, death by burning |
| Deaths | 170-200 |
| Perpetrator | Nazi Germany |
References
edit- ^ Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 392
- ^ Jürgen Matthäus; Jochen Böhler; Klaus-Michael Mallmann (18 April 2014). War, Pacification, and Mass Murder, 1939: The Einsatzgruppen in Poland. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-1-4422-3142-9.
- ^ Richard J. Evans (19 March 2009). The Third Reich at War: 1939-1945. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-101-02230-6.
- ^ Timothy Snyder (2 October 2012). Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Basic Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-465-03297-6.