In reprisal for the operations of the Suwalska Cavalry Brigade, during the evening of 13 September 1939 units of the German XIX Panzer Corps, under the command of General Heinz Guderian, murdered thirteen people (half of the villagers) from Olszewo and ten people from the nearby village of Pietkowo. The victims among the villagers include women and children.
They were murdered in several ways, such as stabbing by bayonets, shooting, being torn apart by grenades, and being burned alive in a barn.[1]
Victims of the Massacre
The victims included Poles and Ukrainians, one woman and a priest.[2]
olszewo, gmina, brańsk, other, places, with, same, name, olszewo, olszewo, ɔlˈʂɛvɔ, village, administrative, district, gmina, brańsk, within, bielsk, county, podlaskie, voivodeship, north, eastern, poland, olszewovillageroad, olsewocountry, polandvoivodeshippo. For other places with the same name see Olszewo Olszewo ɔlˈʂɛvɔ is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bransk within Bielsk County Podlaskie Voivodeship in north eastern Poland OlszewoVillageRoad in OlsewoCountry PolandVoivodeshipPodlaskieCountyBielskGminaGmina BranskMassacre during World War II EditIn reprisal for the operations of the Suwalska Cavalry Brigade during the evening of 13 September 1939 units of the German XIX Panzer Corps under the command of General Heinz Guderian murdered thirteen people half of the villagers from Olszewo and ten people from the nearby village of Pietkowo The victims among the villagers include women and children They were murdered in several ways such as stabbing by bayonets shooting being torn apart by grenades and being burned alive in a barn 1 Victims of the Massacre Edit The victims included Poles and Ukrainians one woman and a priest 2 Villagers from Olszewo 3 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 30Villagers from Pietkowo 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 45References Edit Represje hitlerowskie wobec wsi Bialostockiej Marcin Markiewicz Polish IPN bulletin nr 35 36 55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce Szymon Datner page 368 Transcribed from monument tablets erected by Gmina Bransk Transcribed from monument tablets erected by Gmina Bransk Coordinates 52 41 28 N 23 01 34 E 52 6911 N 23 0261 E 52 6911 23 0261 This Bielsk County location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olszewo Gmina Bransk amp oldid 973545449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
