Dead Polish prisoners lay in a ditch. After being summarily executed by German soldiers of the Wehrmacht 29th Motorized Infantry Division. Ciepielów massacre, Poland, 9 September 1939. [800 x 812]
The incident took place during the German invasion of Poland, and saw the execution of 250-300 Polish prisoners of war. Upon capture, the Poles were immediately stripped of their uniforms and labelled as partisan’s in an attempt to justify the executions. The massacre was documented by an anonymous German soldier in his personal journal. Afterwards the division would make a sweep of the nearby villages, committing multiple atrocities directed towards the civilian population.
![Dead Polish prisoners lay in a ditch. After being summarily executed by German soldiers of the Wehrmacht 29th Motorized Infantry Division. Ciepielów massacre, Poland, 9 September 1939. [800 x 812]](https://i.imgur.com/XgNi22H.jpg)
verostein
The incident took place during the German invasion of Poland, and saw the execution of 250-300 Polish prisoners of war. Upon capture, the Poles were immediately stripped of their uniforms and labelled as partisan’s in an attempt to justify the executions. The massacre was documented by an anonymous German soldier in his personal journal. Afterwards the division would make a sweep of the nearby villages, committing multiple atrocities directed towards the civilian population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciepiel%C3%B3w_massacre
Most sources remain untranslated, additional info is better found on German and Polish websites.
King-Kobra1
Unfortunately these kind of atrocities were routinely carried out by the Wehrmacht
Altruistic_Ask_2110
Or were they caught trying to escape?