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#OTD in 1939 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germans shot 43 civilians on the market square in Rawa Mazowiecka, #Poland.

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During the first days of WWII, Rawa was heavily bombed, and its population was severely affected. The Germans entered the town on Sept. 8, 1939, at which time males were gathered in the market square, where the Germans indulged in a sadistic game.
Among other things, many of the dignitaries, mostly aged, were made to run several kilometres in the direction of Tomaszรณw. In a nearby wood the Germans threatened to kill them.
On another occasion the ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช accused the locals of killing a ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช soldier. They ordered men to gather in the market square. The women were locked up in the church and abused. The men were ordered to lie face down and were threatened that whoever makes one move will be shot.
The men lay like that until the evening. The following day they were made to stand against a wall and after hours of more ongoing tortures ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ...

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