Olszewo, Gmina Brańsk
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Olszewo .
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Olszewo [ɔlˈʂɛvɔ] village in the administrative district of Gmina Brańsk , within Bielsk County , Podlaskie Voivodeship , in eastern Poland.
Massacre during World War II
Memorial to the victims of the battle and massacre During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II , on 13–14 September 1939, it was the site of a battle between the Polish Suwalska Cavalry Brigade and German 206th Infantry Division . On 14 September 1939, in reprisal for German losses, German troops carried out a massacre of thirteen people (half of the villagers) from Olszewo, ten civilians from the nearby villages of Pietkowo , Gabrysin , Marynki , and 30 Polish prisoners of war (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation [ 1]
They were murdered in several ways, such as stabbing by bayonets, shooting, being torn apart by grenades, and being burned alive in a barn.[ 2]
Victims of the Massacre
The victims included Poles and Ukrainians, one woman and a priest.[ 3]
Villagers from Olszewo: [ 4]
Wiktoria Borowska, female, age 30
Teofil Borowski, male, age 36
Emil Olendzki, male, age 62
Piotr Olendski, male, age 60
Jozef Olendzki, male, age 24
Wiktor Olszewski, male, age 45
Piotr Olszewski, male, age 40
Antoni Poniatowski, male, age 18
Aleksander Spalinski, male
Boleslaw Szerakowski, male, age 48
Aleksander Szerakowski, male, age 48
Karol Zakrzewski, male, age 60
Wincenty Zdrojkowski, male, age 30 Villagers from Pietkowo, Gabrysin and Marynki: [ 4]
Kazimerz Dabrowski, male, age 21
Bronislaw Grabowski, female, age 45
Kazimerz Kielkucki, male, age 25
Bronislaw Kowalewski, female, age 38
Andrezej Osmolski, male, age 36
Jozef Osmolski, male, age 34
Stanislaw Sienkiewicz, male, age 40
Stanislaw Sienko, male, age 18
Jozef Wojcik, male, age 40
Jerzy Zakrzewski, male, age 45
References
^ Monkiewicz, Waldemar (1988). "Pacyfikacje wsi w regionie białostockim (1939, 1941–1944)". Białostocczyzna (in Polish). No. 1 (9). Białystok: Białostockie Towarzystwo Naukowe. p. 30. ISSN 0860-4096 . ^ Represje hitlerowskie wobec wsi Bialostockiej , Marcin Markiewicz, Polish IPN bulletin nr.35-36^ 55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce , Szymon Datner, page 368^ a b Transcribed from monument tablets erected by Gmina Brańsk
Villages Seat (not part of the gmina)
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