- Wąsosz pogrom
When
Nazi Germany invadedPoland in 1939, the town of Wąsosz (Podlaskie Voivodeship ) was conquered by the second week of war. At the end of September 1939, the area was transferred to Soviet control, but on June 22, 1941, theWehrmacht re-entered the town. At this point, there were between 400 and 600 Jews in Wąsosz.cite book | title = [http://www.hashkedim.com/wasosz.html Pinkas hakehillot Polin] | year =1989 | editor = Abraham Wein | publisher =Yad Vashem | location =Jerusalem | accessdate =2007-03-17 ]The advancing German combat troops soon left the town. In the second week of the German occupation, a Polish militia was formed in Wąsosz, which consisted of local thugs. On July 5, 1941, this unit surrounded Wąsosz to prevent Jews from escaping, and a house to house pogrom began. The Jewish inhabitants of Wąsosz were brutally beaten and murdered, women were raped, and Jewish homes were looted. The corpses of the victims were later buried in a mass grave in a field adjacent to town.
On July 6, 1941, Jewish refugees, who managed to escape the pogrom, arrived to the neighbouring hamlet of
Radziłów , but the next day pogrom broke out there as well, and 800 local and refugee Jews were killed. [ [http://www.radzilow.com/rzeczpospolita.htm Thou Shall Not Kill] Rzeczpospolita, no. 159, July 10, 2000: "Nie zabijaj"] Later, Germans found that only fifteen Jews were left alive in Wąsosz. The pogrom survivors were left in Wąsosz under the supervision of the local gendarmerie until July 1, 1942, and were used forforced labour purposes. On November 2, 1942, they were moved to theBogosza transit camp, and from there toAuschwitz andTreblinka extermination camp s.The crimes committed at Wąsosz are being investigated by
Institute of National Remembrance of Poland. [ [http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal.php?serwis=pl&dzial=245&id=148&search=52318 Sprostowanie do artykułu redaktor] Anny Bikont „Pięć lat po Jedwabnem” zamieszczonym w „Gazecie Wyborczej” z dnia 4-5.03.2006 r.]ee also
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Jedwabne pogrom
*Tykocin pogrom Notes
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