The Shoah (1939–1945)
Massacre of Szczuczyn
Juill. 1941·Szczuczyn
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The Jews of the town are murdered by the local population in the days following the Soviet withdrawal.
The Jews of Szczuczyn were murdered by the local population in the days following the Soviet withdrawal, even before the establishment of German administration.
This small town belongs to the Łomża region, where several massacres of the same type occurred during the same month. The vacuum left between two occupations played a decisive role: the Red Army had left, the Germans were not yet there, and nothing restrained those who wished to settle scores or seize property.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Pologne
Instruments de l'Institut polonais de la mémoire nationale ; témoignages de survivants.