{"id":438,"date":"2019-09-17T10:22:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T08:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genocidewola44.pl\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2025-03-03T23:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:08:32","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/genocidewola44.pl\/index.php\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"Slaughter of Wola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>It is estimated that during the Warsaw Uprising some 200,000 Warsaw residents who resided on the left bank of the Vistula River \u2013 where the fighting took place \u2013 were murdered in mass executions conducted by the German military units that were designated to fight the Uprising.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In line with the order by Reichsfuhrer SS Himmler \u201cevery inhabitant must be killed\u201d and the town \u201cmust be leveled to the ground\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Himmler ordered the mobilization of special units and the SS Obergruppenfuhrer &#8211;&nbsp; Erich von dem Bach-Zalewski, experienced in the guerilla warfare, was given the overall command.&nbsp; On his orders, the SS Gruppenfuhrer Heinz Reinefarth formed a military unit, made up of:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>a regiment from S.S. RONA ( this was a collaborationist formation composed of Soviet nationals) under the command of Brigadefuhrer Bronis\u0142aw Kami\u0144ski,<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>an\u00a0 SS regiment under the command of Standartenfuhrer Oskar Dirlewanger,<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>the 608 security regiment from Breslau under the command of Colonel Willy Schmidt, and<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>a support battalion from the Paratroop Panzer \u201cHerman Goring\u201d SS Division.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Cossack and Azerbaijani units, formed using the Soviet prisoners of war, were also used to quash the Warsaw Uprising.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On August 4, German special units were placed in readiness and on the next day, they attacked the western suburbs of Warsaw: Wola and Ochota.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Germans used the tenements, courtyards, cellars, hospitals, churches, factory yards and cemeteries as places of brutal extermination. The blood of the murdered women, men, terrified children, priests, sick and helpless elderly and the ashes from their burned bodies covered every inch of the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In the Warsaw suburb of Wola, many places bear testimony to the hideous and brutal murders by the German war criminals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In the suburb of Wola, there are many monuments, commemorative stones and sometimes just simple crosses, often erected by private persons, standing where those terrible events took place.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There is no place in the Warsaw suburb of Wola that has not been soaked with the blood of its inhabitants.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Warsaw suburb of Wola cries out for remembrance, for homage to the victims and for the JUDGEMENT of this crime!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The following eyewitnesses talked about&nbsp; the &#8222;Slaughter of Wola&#8221;:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Czes\u0142aw Adamusik, Piotr Brulikis (a relative of eyewitnesses), Wies\u0142aw K\u0119pi\u0144ski, Father Stanisaw Kicman, Jadwiga \u0141ukasik,El\u017cbieta Rogala, W\u0142adys\u0142awa S\u0142awecka.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The tragic history of doctors and patients of the Wolski hospital was presented by prof. Jan Zielinski<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the footsteps of Slaughter of Wola\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OyINAKGxx8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Czes\u0142aw Adamusik (Eyewitness of the Slaughter of Wola)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cQ9wrA92MmE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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