German war crimes in occupied Poland during WW2

Alojzy Liguda,born 23.1.1898.

Become priest 26.7.1927 ,dreamed about Africa,but was send to Poland./he was verbist monk/in 1939 worked in Górna Grupa.
Arrested by germans with many others.
16 was murdered in nearby forest,rest send to Stutthof.,then 14.12.1940 to Dachau with 22604 number.
Family tried to free him as german,but he say that he is pole.
Helped other prisoners,germans murdered him during their "scientific experiments" 9.12.1942.
Died happy saing "God knew everything"
 
Michał Płaszczyński,born 1.11.1885 ,become priest 13.6.1911,since 1919 profesor in theological seminary in Łomża.
In 1939 worked in Sejny,arrested by germans 7.4.1940,send to Sachsanhausen.
Becouse he helped others,even giving them bread/including jew // ,died 18.12.1940.
 
German destroyed 6 polish villages 2.2.1944 - Borów,Szczecyn,Wólka Szczecka,ŁAZek Zalikowski,Łążek Chwałowski,Karasiówka.
Those who do not manage to run was burned alive in their homes - from 800 to 1300.
According to german heroes,they fought with 600 person strong soviet band.
There was no soviets there.
 
26.1.1943 germans go to burn another polish village/Zboreczno/ - they send 600 german policemans with german settlers/unknown number/
Poles new about that,and about 400 partisants waited for them.Germans were repelled,including another unit/unknown number/
Germans lost 103 policeman KIA,and unknown numbers of settlers.One polish soldier died.
One german officer was shot using polish AT rifle - and germans do not knew what kind of weapon it was.They though,that it is british weapon.
German commander,major Schwieger, reported that he fought 700-800 wery good enemies.

Why german crimes,you say? few injures partisants go to hospital in Róża village,one woman betrayed,and germans murdered them all.
 
Bogumiła Noiszewska,born 11.5.1885.
First she become teacher,in 1927 become sister in Szymanów.She teached in church schools.Soviets stealed everytching,but not kill them.
When germans come,she come back to Słonim,and among other things,helped jews.German priest warn her do stop,and gestapo even do the same.
She still helped,so 19.12.1942 was murdered with sister Marta Maria and jesuit Adam Sztark,famous for seeking jewish child to help them.
Poor brave fools,descendents of saved jews now blame us for gestapo crimes.
 
Doctor Emil Szramek

born 29.9.1887 in Tworków on Silesia.become priest in 1911 ,supported Caritas and other organizations .Write many articles about History of catholic Church on Silesis.

Becouse he was polish priest,germans had him on kill list before 1939.He was aware of that,but remained with his people.Arrested 8.4.1940.,from 8.12.1940 in Dachau.
He supported others and never lost Faith In God and Poland.German knights send him during winter from barrack and keep poling water on him till he passed out.

Helena Maruserzówna - born 17.1.1918 ,used ski as a child arleady.win many medals before WW2 - including in Feldberg in 1939.After she saw germans,she was terrified,and fought against them after 1939.
She was courier to Hungary,caprured by slovakian police 25.3.1940 and given to gestapo never told anytching.
Murdered 12.9.1941.

She was also real blond beauty,and before WW2 worked sometimes as model.
 
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Bishop doctor Władysław Goral,born 1.5.1898.

18.12.1920 become priest in Rome,study philosophy there and become doctor in 1924.After coming back to Poland worked in Lublin,also with workers.10.9.1938 become bishop.
Arrested by gestapo 17.12.1939.send to KL Sachsenchausen with number 5605,murdered in early 1945.
 
blessed Ludwik Mzyk
Born 22.4.1905 in Silesia,become priest/werbist/ 30.10.1932,from 1935 doctor of theology.Worked in Austria,later Poland.
In 1939 worked in Chludowie.,25.1.1940 arrested gy gestapo,beaten,germans stolen his cassock.
Send to KL Posen concentration camp.
20.2.1940 german get drunk and start murdering random prisoners.One of them was Ludwik Mzyk.
 
1.Krystyn Gondek - born 6.4.1909,become priest in 1936,arrested by germans 26.8.1940,died in Dachau 23.7.1942.
He said before his death to other polish prisoner,Wincent Kula "see you in Heaven"

2.Huta Pieniacka - germans and ukrainians murdered everybody who do not run 28.2.1944,killing more then 1000 people - usually burning them alive in barns.
 
1.Władysław Maćkowiak - born 14.11.1910,become priest 1939,send toIkaznia,town currently on Belarus.he survived soviet occupation,but german arrested him 3.12.1941 thanks to ukrainians,he was beaten but say only "pro Christi"
German knights murdered him with 2 other poliush priests,Stanisław Pyrtka and Mieczysław Bohatowicz,unknown jewish catholic and also unknown soviet officer.
His last worlds were "long live Christus King"

2.This time german crimes,but also justice.German had special train police who murdered those who steal coal - one of them,Karl Smchmalz,murdered 120-130 civilians working on railway station Warszawa Zachodnia.

polish group in german uniform get to bunker pretending to keep polish prisoner .They executed Karl and 4 other german cryminals,taking many weapons.Unfortunatelly,they let go civilian german,who later found one of them,Kazimierza Jakubowskiego,and executed him.
 
Marian Górecki,born 2.5.1903 in Poznań.Fought as volunteer in 1920,in 1928 become priest.In 1939 served in Gdańsk,germans arrested him 1.9.1939
Just like other prisoners,was beaten by germans.Murdered with 66 other poles after cangooro court lead by Helmut Tanzmann 22.3.1940 in nearby forest.

2.Emilia Dembska with other polish woman hide 11 jews in her small house in Kołomyja/Gazowa 5/ when germans discowered them,but only wanted money,advocate Karpl with family go to hide in polish Rutkiewicz family - and was right,becouse germans come back and killed Emilia,her polish helper Mary,and 8 jews.

3.In 1939 polish team was supposed to play with germans in Argentina - thanks to that two polish jews survived - Paulin Frydmann and Mieczysław Najdorf - but,his family /waif and daughter/ was murdered by germans in Warsaw getto.
He become Miguel and made big money there.
Died plaing chees in Malaga,when was 87 year old.
 
1.Stanisław Starowieyski,born 11.5.1895,polish gentry.
Married Maria Szeptycka in 1921,they started every day with mass.God gave them 6 children.He supported local people,and educated in entire Poland.
In 1939 soviets arrested him,but he managed to run.Gestapo arrested him 19.6.1940,send to Sachsenhausen,later Dahau.Germans regurally beat him,so he finally died 12.4.1941,afte confessing his sins to one of priests keep there.

Now,he is among blessed.

2.Maków Podchalański - germans come to murder locals twice here - 25.8.1942 murdered 72 civilians,and 4.4.1944 - 42 civilians,including 3 month old child.

German knights,indeed.
 
1.German bandit, Otto von Wachter, except murdering poles also steal their property.His son buyed castle Hagenberg in Austria for polish art collection.

2.Germans stealed property of poles after burning Warsaw in 1944 - but,less valuable things remained as deposites.
Now,80 years later, Floriana Azoulay,director of Arolsen archive,seek descendent of people which property lies there/100 small deposites/
How nice of them.

3.Józef Cebula, born 23.3.1902,monk 15.8.1925/oblat/ teach children in school and cared about other monks.
In 1939 was in Markowice,when germans send him and other monks as slaves to german owner von Egan ,who wanted them to destroy local chaplains and figurines of Holy Mother.He refused,and finally get arrested ,send 18.4.1941 to KL Mauthausen to be killed there .
Germans knights beat him from the first day,and 9.5.1941 shoot from HMG.When they burned his body,it stand and made sign of cross.


4.KL Ravensbuck was camp for womans,mostly poles/24%/ germans first made it place of jew killing/15%/ ,and now lesbians - who was mostly german criminals,who attacked normal prisoners there.

Germans refuse enter of polish delegation now - becouse part of polish victims were nationalist,and polish nationalist come there.

Germans there made "operations" on 86 young womans/74 poles/ which either died,or become cripples.

5.Bolesław Frąckowiak,verbist,born 18.11.1911, become brother in 1938.After 1939 come back to Ławecice,when he teached children.
He take resposibility for polish newspaper,although he had little to do with it,and get arrested,so other could be free or get lesser punishment.Which worked for many.

German knights of course beat him,send to Poznań,then to Drezden.Tortured every day for being monk.Murdered 5.5.1943.
 
1.Sister Franciszka Grzanka,born 11.1.1901,become nun in 1933,after 9 years of work.From 1936 worked in Liskowo,where sisters made orphanage.
All sisters were arrested in 1941,and send to KC Nonnenlager-Schmucker in Bojanów.She was arleady ill,and germans agreed to release her if she agree to stop be nun.
She refused,and say to sisters then she arleady have ticket to Heaven,and now wait for train.She died 26.6.1941,and germans even agreed for normal burial.

2.Francisian monks in Warsaw - they helped civilians during war and Uprising,and ,as a result,germans burn abbey after it was bombed.
During bombing died about 120 civilians,after burning germans in ruins burned alive 40 injured womans.

3.Edmund Kalas,born 15.2.1899, send by german army to Verdun where almost died,volunteer to fight soviets.
Become monk in 1927,priest in 1932.
Send to France to work with polish workers,become polish underground member.
Arrested for giving to people info about german crimes in Poland.Send to KL Mauthausen as french politican prisoner with 28187.
He helped other prisoners,and gave last Rite to dying.
When he was doing so 7.6.1943,german guards come and made other prisoners stone him to death.

4.Germans in Poland initially hide their crimes - but,from 1943 they made big informations about all murdered poles.

5.Ferdynand Machay,born 9.12.1914 in Jabłonka, become priest 29.12.1938 ,during 1939 helped injured in hospital.Arrested 29.9.1939 by germans thanks to spy pretended to be polish soldier.
Kepp in camp in Wiśnicze,german knights beaten him every day,to the point thet other could not recognize him.
27.5.1940 one jew manage to run,so germans murdered 10 prisoners.
They were executed by local german volunteers,who tortured him before death.

6.In Łódź german made Polen Jugendverwahrlager der Sircherheitspolizei - concentraction camp for polsi children from 2 to 16 year.Most were murdered or worked to death by german knights.
Surviving children were wery suprised when greman do not behaved like monsters they were.

7.Karolina Lanckorońska,prisoner of Concentraction camp for woman in Ravensbruck, prepared for burial murdered womans and prayed over bodies.German and gypsy prisoners mocked her becouse of that, but she said that sign of Cross is most important in the world,which sienced them.

8.Polish organization "Gryf pomorski" was created 24.12.1939,and was 20.000 strong.Germans manage to start arrest only in early 1944,and killed commander Józefa Dambka 4.3.1944.traitor,Jana Kaszubski,after war worked for commies.

When poles executed german cryminal Reinhald Wolf,germans executed 10 random poles becouse of that.24.5.1944.

9.Saint Maxymilian kolbe not only died as Saint,but lived in camp as Saint,too.Aleksander dziba remember,how he said,that we should fear sin,not death.
He also said to Józef Stelmer to not hate german cryminals.

10.Franciscans in Skarżysko-Kamienna - germans murdered 3 monks there 14.2.1940.

11.In Białystok germans decided to destroy polish books,and polish boyscouts rescued them.17.4.1943 ukrainian soldier serving germans killed 13 year old boyscout,Zenek Borowski.

12.Atanazy Pankiewicz,born 9.7.1882,,in 1900 become monk.In 1939 worked in Łódź in abbey /there was school there,too/
Germans,of course,stolen convent.
Father Atanazy was arrested in 1941,and,with most priests from city,send to Dachau 30.10.1941. Get number 28176.
When he was send to execution 20.5.1942,germans cut both his hands becouse he helped oter prisoner.
 
1.Herman Karol Stępień,born 21.10.1910 ,priest from 1937and Achilles Józef Puchała born 18.11.191,become priest in 1936.

They become franciscan monks and later priests,and in 1939 worked in village Pierszaja,survived soviet occupation,and,when partisants fought near Ivieniec with germans,they as revenge burned about 20 villages with all inhabitants.

The same would happened in Pierszaja,priests could run when germans started gathering people,but decided to join them.Then priests asked to free people less then 15 and older then 50,and even those taken was send to slave labour,not burned alive.
But,both priests were tortured by german knights,who removed their eyes ,tongues,ears,and then burned them alive.
In barn,old german custom.

2.Stanisław Witta,born 14.11.1918,and still learn to become priest in Chludowa.Germans watched them,but arrested 22.5.1940,send first to Poznań,then to Dachau,where he get number 11.452.send to Gusen,then again to Dahau with new number - 21.959 - died there 10.7.1943.

3.Germans burned almost 1000 villages in Poland - in one,Michniów,at least 204 persons died,including 48 children,mostly burned alive.

4.German hero,Ludwig Hahn,in 1939 destroyed polish villages,then helped murder polish elites in Cracov,then in Warsaw murdered people,help organize 300.000 jews to their deaths,help fight their uprising,during Warsaw uprising murdered at least 2000 civilians and use other as living schields.

After war - lived happily till 1972,when germans finally judged him for his crimes.German judge decide,that he is responsible only for 100 deaths.And judged for 12 years in prison.In 1983 they let him go.

5.German doctor ,prof.Hans Fleischacker,in Aushwitz murdered 115 prisoners - nobody even tried to judge him.

6.Last commander of Treblinka,Kurt Franz,was arrested in 1956,but they still let him go home in 1993.

7.Heinz Reinefarth,who murdered at least 50.000 civilians during Warsaw Uprising,was not bothered.

8.Johannes Thummler,chief of gestapo in Katowice,murdered at least 1000 persons.Nobody punished him after war,and he keep claiming that he was right.

9.About 200.000 germans made war crimes,87.000 were judged,but only about 7000 convicted.182 for death penalty.
Becouse entire german state after 1945 were run by nazis.

10.Germans during WW2 destroyed monuments - Chopin in Warsaw,Grunwald and Mickieicz in Cracov,Kościuszki in Łódź and even monument of jesus in Poznań.

11.another german hero,Victor Capesius - in Auschwitz he murdered prisoners and made experiments on them,after war was send to prison for 6 years,but when he come back to his town Goppingen,locals welcomed him as returning hero.
 
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1.During Warsaw Uprising in 1944 german general Heinz Reinharth murdered at least 100.000 civilians and prisoners.After war,he was punished by being mayor of Westerland on Styr island.

other german bandits who worked for him,Kurt Fisher and Gunther Bock,worked as policemans after the war.

one of their victim,Wanda Lurie,with 3 children,was schoot on Wolska 55,germans before beat her 11 year son shouting "faster,polish bandit" she was schoot 4 times,and hide in mountain of bodies for 3 days before German prison in Warsaw on

2.Józef Straszewski,born 18.1.1885, becomed priest 18.6.1911.from 1922 worked in Wrocławek.Arrested by germans 7.11.1939, 25.4.41 send to Dahau with number 24 545,where he keep working as confessor for other prisoners.12.8.1942 murdered by germans.

3. -10.8.44,during Warsaw Uprising,germans murdered about 200 poles in hotel De Saxe on Kozia street,burning their bodies later.

4.In Warsaw main german prison,so called Pawiak,killed about 37.000 poles during war.To hide their crimes,germans not only blow up building,but killed german guards who worked there.They,at least,deserved to die.

5.Franciszek Drzewiecki ,born in 1908,become monk/FDP/ in 1927,in 1936 becomed priest.Worked in Włocławek,arrested 7.11.1939,,in 1940 send to Dachau with number 22666.Send to death 10.8.1942,murdered shortly after that.
His last worlds to friend was "do not be sad,we,as poles,offer our lives for God,Church and Poland.

6. - 4.9.39 in captured Częstochowa germans murdered about 700 - cryminals from Wermacht and SS were never punished.

7.The same number/about 700/ was murdered in Chojnice in 1939 and 1945.They were officially buried 2.9.2024,and - even american agency AP showed it.And even - miracle of miracles - said that they were murdered by germans !

8. Józef Słupin - 4.3.1880,become priest in 1900,worked in Cracow,arrested 15.6.1940 - 30.8.40 send to Auschwitz,and,when he come there with rosary and in cassock,one of germans beat him to death for that.
 
1. Bósko Zdrój/Kreis Busko/ - we found names of 12.394 poles murdered there by germans during WW2,4000 send to concentraction camps,and 25.000 local jews were send to Treblinka and killed there.

2.Maria Kratochwil,born in 1881,in 1910 become nun in Notre Dame school sisters.In 1939 worked in Lwów,avoided being send to soviets by accident or miracle, in 1941 they come back to Mikuliczyn.
Arrested by gestapo 9.7.1942,she organized prayers and tried to defend jewish womans from being beaten.
Germans beaten her half to death,and let her go.She died in hospital 2.10.1942.

3.Pomorze/Pomerania/ - germans murdered there about 50.000 poles for being doctors,engineers,good farmers - thanks to lists made by german minority before WW2.

4.Bronisław Kostkowski - born 1915,become priest in 1939,7.11.1939 arrested by gestapo with 41 others.
Germans offered him freedom if he agree to recognize himself as german and stop to be priest,but he refused.
In 1940 he wrote to parents,that he could die for God and Country.
14.12.1940 send to Dachau with number 22828,tanks to hard work died 27.9.1942.
He was one of 1773 polish priests murdered in Dachau.
 
1.Magdalena Ogórek,polish writer and once politician,discovered that german planned from 1933 what they would steal from polish museums and private collections.
Tow among many german criminals - Otton von Wachter,genocider ,but a;so thief who stolen paintings of Pieter Bruegel ,Hans von Kulbach,and many others.
And Pieter Menten,who was in lwów in 1939 before war,pretended to be polish professor friend,watched their painting - and stolen them all when germans murdered them in 1941.
His waifu used ring stolen from wife of on of murdered professor.After the war he become one of richest persons in Holland.

P.S - interesting thing,children of german bandits ALWAYS supported their parent crimes,when only two grandchildren condemned them.

2.During 1939 campaign,germans murdered about 3000 polish soldiers.But,they were sloppy,so few survived to tell the tale - like Tadeusz Nowak from 20 infrantry refiment,who survived massacre 20.9.39 near Majdan Wielki village.

3.Ludwik Gietyngier, become priest in 1927,in 1939 worked in Wieluń, arrested 6.10,1939 - send to Dachau with 28288 number.too weak to work send to german "hospital" there - and was beaten to death by german knight Sepp Hayden.

4.Wanda Jerominówna - born in 1888,liked climbed polish mountains, arrested during Warsaw Uprising in 1944,send to KL Ravensbruck and murdered there.
 
1.KL Warshau,german death camp in occupied Warsaw.killed about 200.000 poles,german mostly destroyed buildings in 1944,commies never made any monument,and when they ruled Warsaw after 2001 last remnants of it were destroyed by them.

2.Florian Białka, born 3.5.1918,in 1939 still learn to become priest.Arrested 22.5.1940,,send to Dahau with 11091,later to Mauthausen-Gusen with 5964 number ,died 5.11.1940 becouse of hard work.

3.German program for Poland in 1939 - kill elites,and teach children count,and write their names.They do not need to read.From 13 year - work for germans

4.Catholic University in Lublin - germans stolen everything including buildings,2 teachers were murdered,2 another send to concentration camp,with 60 students.

5.Franciszek Kilian - born in 1895,become priest in 1922,arrested many times after 1939,finally send to Auschwitz with number 16711 in 1941 after 13 days of tortures.
Tortured and beaten by german kapo,died 10.11.1941.

6.Antoni Aramus,born in 1894,almost died during WW1,promised God that he become priest if he survive,which happened in 1924.worked in Kielpin.
Arrested 27.10.1939,germans knights break his legs and hands,and schoot.
P.S he had german friend,who once saved him,but could not help next time.
 
Polish minority in Germany after 1919 -
1.Boguslaw Lonka,beaten by germans to death in 1920 on Masuria for being polish patriot.
2.polish minority survived evenin Wroclaw/Breslau/,but germans gradually destroy them - for example Kazimierz Lisowski is beaten to death in 1935,and Władysław Zarembowicz burned alive 30.4.1944 in Mauthausen-Gusen,priest Jozef Sikora murdered in 1945.
3.priest Norbert Kompalla - born in 1907,become priest in 1931.worked in Cracov arrested in 1940,beaten,send to Auschwitz with numbers 3594,murdered 1.12.1942,
4.poles helped jews,including Małka Schonfeld,in forest near Pantalowice village.
Germans found her,and she show who help her.
4.12.1942 germans come with her to village,Malka recognized Wladyslaw Dec,Jakuba i Zofie Kuszek with daughter,and Wincenty and Emilia Lewandowski,all were murdered

Later she show brothers Stanislawa,Bronislawa and Tadeusza Deców,who made bunker for her.
 

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