# List of massacres in Poland

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in both historic and modern day areas of Poland (numbers may be approximate):

## Massacres until 1939

| Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Deaths | Notes |
| Sack of Sandomierz (1241) | 13 February 1241 | Sandomierz | Mongol Empire | | The Mongols massacred almost all residents. |
| Sack of Kraków (1241) | March 1241 | Kraków | Mongol Empire | | The Mongols massacred almost all residents. |
| Sack of Sandomierz (1260) | February 1260 | Sandomierz | Mongol Empire | | The Mongols massacred almost all residents. |
| Gdańsk massacre | 13 November 1308 | Gdańsk | Teutonic Knights | 60–1,000 Polish civilians | |
| Gołańcz massacre | 3 May 1656 | Gołańcz | Swedish Empire | 25+ Poles | Remains of 22 adults (incl. six women) and three children were discovered during an archaeological survey in 2014. |
| Kościan massacre of 1656 | 10 October 1656 | Kościan | Swedish Empire | 300 Polish inhabitants | |
| Massacre of Uman | 20–21 June 1768 | Humań | Cossacks (Ukrainians) | up to 20,000 Poles and Jews | |
| Massacre of Praga | 4 November 1794 | Praga, Warsaw | Russian Empire | 6,000 Polish people killed or wounded | |
| Fiszewo massacre | 27 January 1832 | Fiszewo | Kingdom of Prussia | 12 Poles | |
| Galician slaughter | early 1846 | Western Galicia | peasants | about 1,000 nobles | |
| Warsaw massacres of 1861 | 25–27 February and 8 April 1861 | Warsaw | Russian Empire | Over 200 Polish protesters | |
| Białaszewo massacre | 31 March 1863 | Białaszewo | Russian Empire | 16+ Polish civilians | including women |
| Bredynki massacre | 6 May 1863 | Bredynki | Kingdom of Prussia | 17 Poles | further 30 people wounded |
| Lututów massacre | 15 June 1863 | Lututów | Russian Empire | Dozens of Polish POWs | |
| Wygoda massacre | 21 July 1863 | Wygoda | Russian Empire | 50 young Poles | |
| Białystok pogrom | 14–16 June 1906 | Białystok | Black Hundreds Russian soldiers | 81–88 Jews | |
| Siedlce pogrom | 8–10 September 1906 | Siedlce | Russian Empire | 26 Jews | |
| Lwów pogrom of 1914 | 27 September 1914 | Lwów | Russian Empire | 38–49 Jews | |
| Międzyrzec Podlaski massacre of 1918 | 16 November 1918 | Międzyrzec Podlaski | Weimar Republic | 44 Poles | |
| Mysłowice massacre | 15 August 1919 | Mysłowice | Weimar Republic | 10 Poles | Seven miners, two women and a 13-year-old boy |
| Wilno school massacre | 6 May 1925 | Wilno (now Vilnius) | 2 students | 5 (including themselves) | First school shooting in Polish history |

## Massacres during World War II and communist rule

| Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Deaths | Notes |
| Intelligenzaktion | September 1939-Spring 1942 | Poland | Nazi Germany | up to 100,000 Polish people, mostly intellectuals | Largest massacres committed at Piaśnica, Mniszek, Szpęgawsk Forest, Gniewkowo, Łopatki, Dopiewiec, Igły, Klamry, Fordon, Palmiry. |
| Torzeniec massacre | 1–2 September 1939 | Torzeniec | Nazi Germany | 37 Poles | |
| Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy massacre | 2 September 1939 | Zimnowoda and Parzymiechy | Nazi Germany | 113 Poles | including 30 children |
| Wyszanów massacre | 2 September 1939 | Wyszanów | Nazi Germany | 24 Poles | |
| Gostyń massacre | 2 September 1939 | Gostyń | Nazi Germany | 13 Poles | including four women and a parish priest |
| Bukownica massacre | 2 September 1939 | Bukownica | Nazi Germany | 7+ Poles | |
| Łaziska massacre | 2–6 September 1939 | Łaziska Górne, Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Średnie | Nazi Germany | 69 Poles | including 30 children |
| Albertów massacre | 3 September 1939 | Albertów | Nazi Germany | 159 Poles | |
| Krzepice massacre | 3 September 1939 | Krzepice | Nazi Germany | 30 Poles | |
| Mysłów massacre | 3 September 1939 | Mysłów | Nazi Germany | 22 Poles | Victims were burned alive, including 10 children. |
| Pińczyce massacre | 3 September 1939 | Pińczyce | Nazi Germany | 20 Poles | |
| Świekatowo massacre | 3 September 1939 | Świekatowo | Nazi Germany | 26 Poles | |
| Święta Anna massacre | 3 September 1939 | Święta Anna | Nazi Germany | 29 Poles | |
| Jankowice massacre | 3 September 1939 | Jankowice | Nazi Germany | 13 Poles | including women and children |
| Zgoń massacre | 3 September 1939 | Zgoń | Nazi Germany | 8 Poles | including one woman |
| Lędziny massacre | 3 September 1939 | Lędziny | Nazi Germany | 7 Poles | including a 16-year-old girl |
| Bloody Sunday | 3–4 September 1939 | Bydgoszcz | Nazi Germany | 254 | |
| Świętochłowice massacre | 3–4 September 1939 | Świętochłowice | Nazi Germany | 10 Poles | |
| Częstochowa massacre (Bloody Monday) | 4 September 1939 | Częstochowa | Nazi Germany | 88–200 | |
| Złoczew massacre | 4 September 1939 | Złoczew | Nazi Germany | 200 Poles and Jews | |
| Katowice massacre (Bloody Monday) | 4 September 1939 | Katowice | Nazi Germany | about 80 Polish defenders | including Polish boy and girl scouts |
| Kruszyna massacre | 4 September 1939 | Kruszyna | Nazi Germany | dozens of Poles | including 10 children |
| Cielętniki massacre | 4 September 1939 | Cielętniki | Nazi Germany | 28 Poles | including four children |
| Pasternik massacre | 4 September 1939 | Pasternik | Nazi Germany | 29 Poles | including one woman |
| Wodzisław massacre of 1939 | 4 September 1939 | Wodzisław | Nazi Germany | around 40 Poles | |
| Pławno massacre | 4 September 1939 | Pławno | Nazi Germany | 15 Poles | |
| Pszczyna massacre | 4 September 1939 | Pszczyna | Nazi Germany | 14 Poles | 13 boy scouts and a teacher |
| Siewierz massacre | 4 September 1939 | Siewierz | Nazi Germany | 10 Poles | including several teenagers |
| Wyry massacre | 4–6 September 1939 | Wyry | Nazi Germany | over 10 Poles | |
| Serock massacre | 5 September 1939 | Serock | Nazi Germany | over 80 Polish POWs | |
| Kajetanowice massacre | 5 September 1939 | Kajetanowice | Nazi Germany | over 70 Poles | including ten children under the age of 16 |
| Krasnosielc massacre | 5–6 September 1939 | Krasnosielc | Nazi Germany | 50 Jews | |
| Moryca and Longinówka massacre | 6 September 1939 | Moryca and Longinówka | Nazi Germany | Polish POWs, including 19 officers | |
| Komorów and Krasna massacre | 6 September 1939 | Komorów and Krasna | Nazi Germany | 28 | including children |
| Uniejów massacre | 6, 8 September 1939 | Uniejów | Nazi Germany | 50 | |
| Będzin massacres | 6, 9 September 1939 | Będzin | Nazi Germany | 20 Poles and 100 Jews | |
| Wylazłów massacre | 7 September 1939 | Wylazłów | Nazi Germany | 24 Poles | |
| Mordarka massacre | 7 September 1939 | Mordarka | Nazi Germany | 9 Jews and one Pole | |
| Wągrowiec massacre | 7 September 1939 | Wągrowiec | Nazi Germany | 8 Poles | |
| Balin massacre | 8 September 1939 | Balin | Nazi Germany | 21 Poles | |
| Koźle massacre | 8 September 1939 | Koźle | Nazi Germany | 17 Poles | |
| Ciepielów massacre | 8 September 1939 | Ciepielów | Nazi Germany | around 300 Polish POWs | |
| Tyszki massacre | 8 September 1939 | Tyszki-Ciągaczki | Nazi Germany | 33 Poles | |
| Chechło massacre | 8 September 1939 | Chechło near Pabianice | Nazi Germany | 30 Poles | |
| Dominikowice massacre | 8 September 1939 | Dominikowice | Nazi Germany | 23 Poles | |
| Czekaj massacre | 8 September 1939 | Czekaj | Nazi Germany | 13 Poles | |
| Bagatele massacre | 8 September 1939 | Bagatele | Nazi Germany | 11 Poles | |
| Siemianowice Śląskie massacre | 8 September 1939 | Siemianowice Śląskie | Nazi Germany | 6 Poles | |
| Lipsko massacre | 8–9 September 1939 | Lipsko | Nazi Germany | 66 | |
| Mszczonów massacres | 8, 11 September 1939 | Mszczonów | Nazi Germany | 11 Polish POWs and 20 Polish civilians | Including the town's mayor. |
| Sławków massacre | 9 September 1939 | Sławków | Nazi Germany | 98 Jews | |
| Wyszków massacre | 9 September 1939 | Wyszków | Nazi Germany | 65+ Jews | |
| Orło massacre | 9 September 1939 | Orło | Nazi Germany | 10 Poles | |
| Pniewo massacre | 9 September 1939 | Pniewo | Nazi Germany | Over 10 Poles | |
| Mielno massacre | 9 September 1939 | Mielno | Nazi Germany | 7 Poles | |
| Łęczyca massacre | 9–10 September 1939 | Łęczyca | Nazi Germany | 29 Poles | |
| Mszadla massacre | 10 September 1939 | Mszadla | Nazi Germany | 153 Poles | |
| Gniazdowo massacre | 10 September 1939 | Gniazdowo | Nazi Germany | around 20 Poles | |
| Zdziechowa massacre | 10 September 1939 | Zdziechowa | Nazi Germany | 24 Poles | |
| Rawa Mazowiecka massacre | 10 September 1939 | Rawa Mazowiecka | Nazi Germany | 40 | |
| Bądków massacre | 10 September 1939 | Bądków | Nazi Germany | 22 Poles | including a 14-year-old boy |
| Piaseczno massacre of 1939 | 10 September 1939 | Piaseczno | Nazi Germany | 21 Polish POWs | |
| Stare Rogowo massacre | 10 September 1939 | Stare Rogowo | Nazi Germany | 21 Poles | |
| Laski Szlacheckie massacre | 10 September 1939 | Laski Szlacheckie | Nazi Germany | 20 Poles | including four families |
| Karczew massacre | 11 September 1939 | Karczew | Nazi Germany | 75 Poles | |
| Skierniewice massacre | 11 September 1939 | Skierniewice | Nazi Germany | 60 | |
| Kowalewice massacre | 11 September 1939 | Kowalewice | Nazi Germany | 23 Poles | |
| Obora massacre | 11 September 1939 | Obora | Nazi Germany | 22 Poles | |
| Niewolno massacre | 11 September 1939 | Niewolno | Nazi Germany | 18 Poles | |
| Jankowo Dolne massacre | 11 September 1939 | Jankowo Dolne | Nazi Germany | 12 Poles | including women and children |
| Szczucin massacre | 12 September 1939 | Szczucin | Nazi Germany | around 40 Polish POWs and around 30 Polish civilians | |
| Parma massacre | 12 September 1939 | Parma | Nazi Germany | 32 Poles | |
| Koźmice Wielkie massacre | 12 September 1939 | Koźmice Wielkie | Nazi Germany | 32 Jews | |
| Sadówka massacre | 12 September 1939 | Sadówka | Nazi Germany | around 12 Poles | |
| Cecylówka massacre | 13 September 1939 | Cecylówka | Nazi Germany | 54–68 | |
| Łowicz massacre | 13 September 1939 | Łowicz | Nazi Germany | 21 | |
| Mień massacre | 13 September 1939 | Mień | Nazi Germany | 9 Poles | |
| Zambrów massacre | night of 13–14 September 1939 | Zambrów | Nazi Germany | more than 200 Polish POW | |
| Olszewo massacre | 14 September 1939 | Olszewo | Nazi Germany | 30 Polish POWs and 23 civilians | |
| Moskwin massacre | 14 September 1939 | Moskwin | Nazi Germany | 9 Poles | |
| Sulejówek massacre | 15 September 1939 | Sulejówek and Długa Szlachecka | Nazi Germany | over 90 Poles | |
| Massacre in Dynów | 15-28 September 1939 | Dynów | Nazi Germany | Around 300 killed | |
| Retki massacre | 16 September 1939 | Retki | Nazi Germany | 22 Poles | |
| Henryków massacre | 17 September 1939 | Henryków | Nazi Germany | 76 Poles | including women and children |
| Leszno massacre | 17 September 1939 | Leszno | Nazi Germany | around 50 Poles | |
| Bąków massacre | 17 September 1939 | Bąków | Nazi Germany | 18 Poles | including two families |
| Śladów massacre | 18 September 1939 | Śladów | Nazi Germany | around 300 Poles, including POWs and refugees | including women and children |
| Mogilno massacre | 18 September 1939 | Mogilno | Mogilno Germans minority | 40 Polish (1 Jewish descent) | |
| Błonie massacre | 18 September 1939 | Błonie | Nazi Germany | 50 Jews and Poles | |
| Gąbin massacre | 19–21 September 1939 | Gąbin | Nazi Germany | 20 Poles | |
| Majdan Wielki massacre | 20 September 1939 | Majdan Wielki | Nazi Germany | 42 Polish POWs | |
| Boryszew massacre | 22 September 1939 | Boryszew | Nazi Germany | 50 Polish POWs | |
| Urycz massacre | 22 September 1939 | Urycz | Nazi Germany | 73–100 Polish POWs | |
| Psia Górka massacre | 22 September 1939 | Psia Górka | Soviet Union | over 100 Polish POWs and 300 Polish civilians | |
| Husynne massacre | 23 September 1939 | Husynne | Soviet Union | 25 Polish POWs | |
| Mokrany massacre | 28 September 1939 | Mokrany | Soviet Union | 18 Polish POWs | |
| Zakroczym massacre | 28 September 1939 | Zakroczym | Nazi Germany | about 600 Polish POWs | |
| Luszkówko massacre | September 1939–January 1940 | Luszkówko | Nazi Germany | around 1,000 Poles | The victims were mentally ill people from a psychiatric hospital in Świecie. |
| Szczuczki massacre | 1 October 1939 | Szczuczki | Nazi Germany | 64 Poles | including ten boys under the age of 18 |
| Valley of Death (Bydgoszcz) | October–November 1939 | Bydgoszcz | Nazi Germany | 1,200–1,400 | |
| Dalki massacre | 7 November 1939 | Dalki | Nazi Germany | 24 Poles | including 10 defenders of Kłecko |
| Ostrów Mazowiecka massacre | 11 November 1939 | Ostrów Mazowiecka | Nazi Germany | up to 600 Jews | |
| Wawer massacre | 26–27 December 1939 | Wawer | Nazi Germany | 107 | 7 shot but survived |
| Palmiry massacre | December 1939–June 1941 | Palmiry | Nazi Germany | 1,700 Poles and Jews | |
| Sieklówka massacre | December 1939–January 1940 | Sieklówka | Nazi Germany | 93 Poles | |
| Piotrowice massacre | 18 January 1940 | Piotrowice | Nazi Germany | 39 Poles | |
| Dąbrówka Mała massacre | 3–4 April 1940 | Dąbrówka Mała | Nazi Germany | 40 Poles | |
| Parczew massacre | 20 February 1940 | Parczew | Nazi Germany | 350 Polish POWs (Jews) | |
| Celiny massacre | 4 April 1940 | Celiny | Nazi Germany | 29 Poles | |
| Skłoby massacre | 11 April 1940 | Skłoby | Nazi Germany | 265 Poles | including women and children |
| Katyn massacre | April–May 1940 | Katyn Forest | Soviet Union | 22,000 Polish killed, most of them officers | 21,857 confirmed by Soviet documents, about 440 of the prospective victims escaped the shootings. After intense research, today most of the victims are known name by name. |
| Bloody Wednesday of Olkusz | 31 July 1940 | Olkusz | Nazi Germany | 20 Polish civilians | |
| NKVD prisoner massacres in Poland | June–November 1941 | Eastern Poland | Soviet Union | 20,000–30,000 | Largest massacres committed at Lwów, Łuck, Stanisławów, Dobromil, Tarnopol, Wilno, Złoczów, Sambor, Dubno, Drohobycz, Zaleszczyki. |
| Nowosiółki massacre | 1941 | Nowosiółki | Nazi Germany | Several hundred | The victims were patients of a local psychiatric hospital. |
| Łaszczów massacre of 1941 | 21 June 1941 | Łaszczów | Ukrainian nationalists | 30 Poles | |
| Szczuczyn pogrom | 25–28 June 1941 | Szczuczyn | Polish nationalists | 300 Jews | Pogrom halted after intervention by German army in favor of the Jews. Additional 100 Jews killed in July by Poles. The Jews were subsequently murdered by the Germans. |
| 1941 Białystok massacres | 27 June, 3–4 July, 12–13 July 1941 | Białystok | Nazi Germany | 6,500–7,000 Jews | |
| Dobromil massacre | 30 June 1941 | Dobromil | Nazi Germany | 50–132 Jews | Not to be confused with the NKVD prisoner massacre in Dobromil, committed earlier that month. |
| Lwów pogroms of 1941 | June–July 1941 | Lwów | Ukrainian nationalists Nazi Germany local crowds | 6,000 Jews | |
| Ponary massacre | July 1941–August 1944 | Ponary | Nazi Germany Ypatingasis būrys | 100,000 Jews, Poles and Russians | |
| Massacre of Lwów professors | 3–4 July 1941 | Lwów | Nazi Germany | 45 Polish professors | |
| Radziłów pogrom | 7–9 July 1941 | Radziłów | Poles | 600–2,000 Jews | |
| Jedwabne pogrom | 10 July 1941 | Jedwabne | Poles (German military police was present, but did not intervene) | 340–1,600 Jews | |
| Mołodeczno massacres | 13, 18 July, 25 October 1941, June, 7 September 1942 | Mołodeczno | Nazi Germany | around 730 Jews | |
| Mass murders in Tykocin | August 1941 | Tykocin | Nazi Germany | some 700 Jews | Some 150 Jews managed to escape the massacre, however most were handed over to the Germans. |
| Czarny Las massacre | 14–15 August 1941 | Czarny Las near Stanisławów | Nazi Germany | 250–300 Poles | |
| Misznowszyna Forest massacre | 20–21 October 1941 | Misznowszyna Forest near Horodyszcze | Nazi Germany | 1,000+ Jews | |
| Rudzica Forest massacre | autumn of 1941 | Rudzica Forest | Nazi Germany | some 1,500 Jews | |
| Siniawka massacre | autumn of 1941 and summer of 1942 | Siniawka | Nazi Germany | around 730 Jews | |
| Ilja massacres | 17 March and 7 June 1942 | Ilja | Nazi Germany | 650–850 Jews | |
| Kazanów massacre | 18 March 1942 | Kazanów | Nazi Germany | 16 Poles and 16 Jews | |
| Rohatyn massacre | 20 March 1942 | Rohatyn | Nazi Germany | 1,820 Jews | |
| Wąwolnica massacre | 22 March 1942 | Wąwolnica | Nazi Germany | 40–120 Jews | |
| Petryków massacre | 23 March 1942 | Petryków | Nazi Germany | around 700 Jews | |
| Dołhinów massacre | 30 March 1942 | Dołhinów | Nazi Germany | around 1,000 Jews | |
| Zdzięcioł massacres | 30 April and 10 August 1942 | Zdzięcioł | Nazi Germany | 3,000–5,000 Jews | |
| Święciany massacre | 19–20 May 1942 | Švenčionys, modern-day Lithuania (then eastern Poland) | Lithuanian Security Police | 400–1,200 Poles | |
| Horyszów Polski massacre | 19 May 1942 | Horyszów Polski | Nazi Germany Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 17 Poles | |
| Łużki massacre | 1 June 1942 | Łużki | Nazi Germany | 528 Jews | |
| Iwieniec massacre | 9 June 1942 | Iwieniec | Nazi Germany | around 800 Jews | |
| Wodzisław massacre of 1942 | ca. 15 June 1942 | Wodzisław | Nazi Germany | 50 Jews | |
| Druja massacre | 17 June 1942 | Druja | Nazi Germany | 1,000+ Jews | |
| Marków massacre | 24 June 1942 | Marków | Nazi Germany | 500+ Jews | |
| Łabuńki massacre | 25 June 1942 | Łabuńki | Nazi Germany | 9 Poles | |
| Horodziej massacre | 16 July 1942 | Horodziej | Nazi Germany | around 1,000 Jews | |
| Rajsk massacre | 16 July 1942 | Rajsk | Nazi Germany | 142 | |
| Mereczowszczyzna massacre | 24–25 July 1942 | Mereczowszczyzna | Nazi Germany | around 1,200 Jews | |
| Ostrówek massacres | 19 August 1942 and 9 April 1944 | Ostrówek | Nazi Germany | 31 Poles | including men, women and children |
| Sarny massacre | 27–28 August 1942 | Sarny | Nazi Germany | 14,000–18,000 Jews and around 100 Romanis | |
| Krasienin massacre | 12 September 1942 | Krasienin | Nazi Germany | 5 Poles | |
| Nowy Bidaczów massacre | 6 October 1942 | Nowy Bidaczów | Nazi Germany | 22 Poles | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Obrocz massacre | 28 October 1942 | Obrocz | Nazi Germany Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 28 Poles | |
| Kurów massacre of 1942 | 13 November 1942 | Kurów | Nazi Germany | 36 Jews | |
| Parchatka massacre | 18 November 1942 | Parchatka | 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 28 Poles | further 25 Poles deported to Auschwitz |
| Duniłowicze massacre | 21–22 November 1942 | Duniłowicze | Nazi Germany | around 900 Jews | |
| Jarosławiec massacre | December 1942 | Jarosławiec | Nazi Germany | 12 Poles | 3 men, 2 women, and 7 children |
| Wielącza massacre | 5 and 15 December 1942 | Wielącza | Nazi Germany Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | around 172 Poles | including 27 children; massacre committed during an expulsion |
| Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka massacre | 6 December 1942 | Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka | Nazi Germany | 31 Poles (including children) and 2 Jews | including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Świesielice massacre | 7–8 December 1942 | Świesielice | Nazi Germany | 15 Poles | |
| Kitów massacre | 11 December 1942 | Kitów | Nazi Germany | 164+ Poles | |
| Puszno Skokowskie massacre | 15 December 1942 | Puszno Skokowskie | Nazi Germany | 5 Poles | including women |
| Rachodoszcze massacres | 20 and 29 December 1942, 22 March 1943 | Rachodoszcze | Nazi Germany | 46 Poles | including women and children |
| Łaszczów massacre of 1942 | 25 December 1942 | Łaszczów | Nazi Germany | 76 Poles | |
| Samoklęski massacre | January 1943 | Samoklęski | Nazi Germany | 27 Jews and one Pole | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Wierzbie massacre | 4 January 1943 | Wierzbie | Nazi Germany Ukrainian nationalists | 30 Poles | 21 men, 3 women and 6 children |
| Stary Lubotyń massacre | 23 January 1943 | Stary Lubotyń | Nazi Germany | 8 Poles | |
| Dzierążnia massacre | 28–29 January 1943 | Dzierążnia | Nazi Germany | over 60 Poles | |
| Budy and Huta Dzierążyńska massacre | 29 January 1943 | Budy Dzierążyńskie and Huta Dzierążyńska | Nazi Germany | 50–80 Poles | |
| Sumin massacre | 29 January 1943 | Sumin | Nazi Germany | 50 | |
| Róża massacre | 2 February 1943 | Róża | Nazi Germany | dozens | |
| Imbramowice massacre | 2 February 1943 | Imbramowice | Nazi Germany | 50–60 Romanis | |
| Paulinów massacre | 24 February 1943 | Paulinów | Nazi Germany | 11 Poles and 3 Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Leśna massacre | 13 March 1943 | Leśna | Nazi Germany | around 70 Jews | |
| Siedliska massacre | 15 March 1943 | Siedliska | Nazi Germany | 5 Poles and 4 Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Różaniec massacre | 18 March 1943 | Różaniec | Nazi Germany | around 70 Poles | |
| Naliboki massacre | 8 May 1943 | Naliboki, modern-day Belarus (then eastern Poland) | Soviet NKVD and Jewish partisans | 129 (including one child) | |
| Skałka Polska massacre | 11 May 1943 | Skałka Polska | Nazi Germany | 93 Poles | |
| Warsaw Ghetto massacre | 19 April–16 May 1943 | Warsaw ghetto, Warsaw | Nazi Germany | 13,000 Jews | 6,000 Jews burnt to death by German forces. |
| Szarajówka massacre | 18 May 1943 | Szarajówka | Nazi Germany | 58–67 Poles | |
| Kielce cemetery massacre | 23 May 1943 | Jewish Cemetery, Kielce | Nazi Germany | 45 Jewish children | |
| Ispina massacre | 2 June 1943 | Ispina | Nazi Germany | 13 Poles | |
| Strużki massacre | 3 June 1943 | Strużki | Nazi Germany | 74+ Poles | |
| Fidury and Koziki massacre | 13 June 1943 | Fidury and Koziki | Nazi Germany | 21 Poles | including children |
| Posądza massacre | 22 June 1943 | Posądza | Nazi Germany | 7 Poles | including three children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Majdan Nowy massacre | 24 June 1943 | Majdan Nowy | Nazi Germany | 28–36 Poles | |
| Cegłów massacre | 28 June 1943 | Cegłów | Nazi Germany | 26 Poles and an unknown number of Jews | including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Bukowina massacres | 1 July, 24 October 1943, 6 January, 4 July 1944 | Bukowina | Nazi Germany Ukrainian Auxiliary Police | 24–28 Poles | including women |
| Majdan Stary massacre | 3 July 1943 | Majdan Stary | Nazi Germany | 75 Poles | |
| Liszki massacre | 4 July 1943 | Liszki | Nazi Germany | 30 Poles | 27 men and 3 women |
| Michniów massacre | 12–13 July 1943 | Michniów | Nazi Germany | about 204 Poles | including 48 children |
| Sikory-Tomkowięta massacre | 13 July 1943 | Sikory-Tomkowięta | Nazi Germany | 49 Poles | |
| Łysa Góra massacre | 13 July 1943 | Łysa Góra near Zawady | Nazi Germany | 58 Poles | |
| Krasowo-Częstki massacre | 17 July 1943 | Krasowo-Częstki | Nazi Germany | 257 Poles | including 83 children under the age of 17 |
| Wnory-Wandy massacre | 21 July 1943 | Wnory-Wandy | Nazi Germany | 32 Poles | |
| Radwanowice massacre | 21 July 1943 | Radwanowice | Nazi Germany | 30 Poles | |
| Gamratka massacre | 27 July 1943 | Gamratka | Nazi Germany | 3 Jews and 2 Poles | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Jasionowo massacre | 2 August 1943 | Jasionowo | Nazi Germany | 58 Poles | including 19 children |
| Szczurowa massacre | 3 August 1943 | Szczurowa | Nazi Germany | 93 Romanis | |
| Wojciechów massacre | 15 August 1943 | Wojciechów | Nazi Germany | 7 Poles | |
| Zamch massacre | 16 August 1943 | Zamch | Nazi Germany | 8 Poles | |
| Wierzchowisko massacre | 1 September 1943 | Wierzchowisko | Nazi Germany | 2 Poles and several Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Drewnowo-Gołyń massacre | 11 September 1943 | Drewnowo-Gołyń | Nazi Germany | 9 Poles | |
| Wodzisław massacre of 1943 | September–October 1943 | Wodzisław | Nazi Germany | 318 Jews | |
| Tyczyn massacre | 15 October 1943 | Tyczyn | Nazi Germany | 5 Poles | including one woman; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Wojciechów massacre | October 1943 | Wojciechów | Nazi Germany | 15 Jews and one Pole | |
| Kietlin massacre | October 1943 | Kietlin | Nazi Germany | 8 Jews and 3 Poles | including women and children; retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Operation Harvest Festival | 3–4 November 1943 | Lublin District | Nazi Germany | 43,000 Jews of Majdanek, Poniatowa and Trawniki | |
| Żyrardów massacre | 18 November 1943 | Żyrardów | Nazi Germany | 24 Poles | |
| Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia (Volhynian slaughter) | 1943–1944 | Volhynia | Ukrainian Insurgent Army | about 91,000 (±15,000) mostly Polish people | by far most of the victims were Poles, but also Ukrainians and people of ethnic minorities were killed |
| Dąbrówka massacre | 17 or 19 December 1943 | Dąbrówka | Nazi Germany | 9 Poles | eight additional Polish inhabitants arrested |
| Koniuchy massacre | 29 January 1944 | Kaniūkai, modern-day Lithuania (then Eastern Poland) | Soviet NKVD and Jewish partisans | 30–40 Poles | |
| Zwierzyniec massacre | 2 February 1944 | Zwierzyniec | Nazi Germany | 20 Poles | including a 15-year-old boy |
| Huta Pieniacka massacre | 28 February 1944 | Huta Pieniacka | Ukrainian nationalists | 500–1,200 | |
| Wanaty massacre | 28 February 1944 | Wanaty | Nazi Germany | 108 Poles | including 35 women and 47 children |
| Kurów massacre of 1944 | 6 March 1944 | Kurów | Nazi Germany | 45 Poles | Victims were captured resistance members from the region. |
| Jamy massacre | 8 March 1944 | Jamy | Nazi Germany | 152 Poles | |
| Jabłoń-Dobki massacre | 8 March 1944 | Jabłoń-Dobki | Nazi Germany | 91 Poles | including 31 women and 31 children |
| Markowa massacre | 24 March 1944 | Markowa | Nazi Germany | 8 Poles and 8 Jews | retribution for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust |
| Smoligów massacre | 27 March 1944 | Smoligów | Nazi Germany | 66–232 Poles | |
| Poturzyn massacre | 1 April 1944 | Poturzyn | 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS UPA | 162 Poles | |
| Sielczyk massacre | 12 April 1944 | Sielczyk | 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS | 9 Poles | Victims were men and women, aged between 20 and 75. |
| Chodaczków Wielki massacre | 16 April 1944 | Chodaczków Wielki | Nazi Germany | 862 Poles | including children |
| Sochy massacre | 1 June 1944 | Sochy | Nazi Germany | 181–200 Polish civilians | |
| Sulmice massacre | 4 June 1944 | Sulmice | Nazi Germany | several Poles | Dozens additional Polish inhabitants arrested. |
| Olszanka massacre | 5 June 1944 | Olszanka | Nazi Germany | around 100 | including children |
| Wodzisław massacre of 1944 | 8 July 1944 | Wodzisław | Nazi Germany | 13 Poles | |
| Lublin Castle massacre [pl] | 22 July 1944 | Lublin | Nazi Germany | over 300 Poles and Jews | |
| Międzyrzec Podlaski massacre of 1944 | 23 July 1944 | Międzyrzec Podlaski | Nazi Germany | 60 Italian POWs | |
| Chłaniów and Władysławin massacre | 23 July 1944 | Chłaniów-Kolonia and Władysławin | Ukrainian Legion of Self-Defense | 44–45 Poles | |
| Nur massacre | 4 August 1944 | Nur | Nazi Germany | around 120 Poles | |
| Ochota massacre | 4–25 August 1944 | Ochota, Warsaw | Nazi Germany | 10,000 Polish civilians | Including gang rape, looting and arson. |
| Wola massacre | 5–12 August 1944 | Wola, Warsaw | Nazi Germany | 40,000–50,000 Poles | about 30,000 killed during the first three days |
| Małaszek massacre | 31 August 1944 | Małaszek | Nazi Germany | over 30 Poles | including women and children |
| Plewki massacre | 31 August 1944 | Plewki | Nazi Germany | 11 Poles | |
| Liquidation of the insurgent hospitals in Warsaw's Old Town | 2 September 1944 | Warsaw | Nazi Germany | up to 7,000 Poles | including wounded insurgents and civilians |
| Lipniak-Majorat massacre | 2 September 1944 | Lipniak-Majorat | Nazi Germany | around 450 Poles | including women and children |
| Bloody Christmas Eve in Ochotnica Dolna | 23 December 1944 | Ochotnica Dolna | Nazi Germany | 56 Poles | including 19 children and 21 women |
| Nieławice massacre | 31 December 1944–1 January 1945 | Nieławice | Nazi Germany | 56 Poles | including 32 children under the age of 14 |
| Przyrów massacre | 8 January 1945 | Przyrów | Nazi Germany | 43 Poles | |
| Zawady Małe massacre | 21–22 January 1945 | Zawady Małe | Nazi Germany | 110 Poles and 7 Russians | |
| Marchwacz massacre | 21–22 January 1945 | Marchwacz | Nazi Germany | 63 Polish civilians, 12 Soviet POWs | |
| Dąbrówka Nowa Massacre | 22 January 1945 | Dąbrówka Nowa | Soviet Union | over 100 Latvians | |
| Kortowo massacre | 22 January 1945 | Kortowo | Soviet Union | around 600 | |
| Biadki massacre | 23 January 1945 | Biadki | Soviet Union | 18 Hungarian POWs | |
| Łomnica massacre | 24 January 1945 | Łomnica | Nazi Germany | 17 | Massacre committed during a death march. |
| Miechowice massacre | 25–27 January 1945 | Miechowice | Soviet Union | 380 | |
| Stary Jaromierz massacre | 26 January 1945 | Stary Jaromierz | Nazi Germany | 38 Jewish women | Massacre committed during a death march. |
| Przyszowice massacre | 26–28 January 1945 | Przyszowice | Soviet Union | 54–69 | |
| Halemba massacre | 28 January 1945 | Halemba | Soviet Union | 35 civilians and 8 Italian POWs | |
| Kuźnica Żelichowska massacre | 28 January 1945 | Kuźnica Żelichowska | Nazi Germany | 6 Italian POW generals | |
| Podgaje massacre | 31 January 1945 | Podgaje | Nazi Germany | 160–210 Polish POWs | |
| Leśno massacre | 9 February 1945 | Leśno | Nazi Germany | 64 Jewish women | |
| Pawłokoma massacre | 3 March 1945 | Pawłokoma | Poles | 150–366 Ukrainians | |
| Wierzchowiny massacre | 6 June 1945 | Wierzchowiny | National Armed Forces | 50-196 | |
| Augustów roundup | 10-25 July 1945 | Suwałki and Augustów regions | Soviet Union | about 600 anti-communist | Out of 2,000 arrested by the Soviet forces, about 600 have disappeared. |
| Zawadka Morochowska massacres | 25 January, 28 March, and 13 April 1946 | Zawadka Morochowska | Polish People's Army | 73 Ukrainians and Lemkos | |
| 1946 pacification of villages by PAS NZW | February 1946 | Bielsk and Hajnówka County | Rajs' unit | 79 Belarusians | |
| Kielce pogrom | 4 July 1946 | Kielce | Poles | 38–42 Jews | |
| Pacification of Wujek | 16 December 1981 | Wujek Coal Mine | ZOMO | 9 striking miners | |