Rososz massacre

Rososz massacre
Part of Nazi German crimes against the Polish nation during World War II
LocationRososz, Siedlce County, General Government
DateMay 18, 1944 (1944-05-18)
Attack type
Mass murder, War crime
Deaths~30 (including 28 ethnic Polish civilians and 2 Jews)
PerpetratorsGerman occupation forces
MotiveNazi 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]

  1. ^ "Prezydent Komorowski: hołd pamięci dla mieszkańców Rososzy". dzieje.pl (in Polish). 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-02.