Rososz massacre | |
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Part of Nazi German crimes against the Polish nation during World War II | |
Location | Rososz, Siedlce County, General Government |
Date | May 18, 1944 |
Attack type | Mass murder, War crime |
Deaths | ~30 (including 28 ethnic Polish civilians and 2 Jews) |
Perpetrators | German occupation forces |
Motive | Nazi racial policy, Anti-Polonism, Anti-partisan operations |
The Rososz massacre was a Nazi German war crime committed on May 18, 1944, in the village of Rososz (now in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland) during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. German forces killed approximately 30 Polish civilians, including local farmers, prisoners from Siedlce, and two Jewish women who were being hidden by villagers.[1]