Events with tag - Nazi Terror

September 3, 1939

Bloody Sunday in Bydgoszcz

Bloody Sunday in Bydgoszcz was a tragic event from the beginning of World War II, during which German soldiers carried out mass murders of civilians. On September 3, 1939, just two days after the German invasion of Poland, between 300 and 1,200 people were murdered in Bydgoszcz, including members of Polish intelligentsia and the Jewish community. This event was one of the first acts of Nazi terror against civilians during World War II.

May 16, 1940

Operation AB

Operation AB (Extraordinary Pacification Operation) was a mass extermination action carried out by the Nazis in occupied Poland from May to July 1940. Its aim was to murder Polish intelligentsia and social elites. As a result of the operation, approximately 6,000 people were arrested, of whom over 3,500 were murdered in mass executions, mainly in Palmiry near Warsaw.