The Commemoration of the massacre site in Nowopol On a hill in the woods
The boulder with the information plaque
– on the right, there is a large wooden cross
– commemorating the place of execution
of a group of Poles by the Germans, mostly
a local civilian population.
On Wednesday, August 16, or as indicated by other sources, on Saturday, August 19th, 1944, 15 or 16 people were killed on the outskirts of Nowopol. In this tragedy among other, the following people perished: Rybarczyk (16 yrs), Jerzy Dymek (22 yrs), Edward Łaski (18 yrs), Jan Ląca (22 yrs), Stanisław Skarżycki (50 yrs), Janina Tomalska née Maciejewska, Janusz Pacho, Marian Walczak (23 yrs) – a hairdresser from Zegrze, Jerzy Sosnowski – a student from Warsaw, Józef Kozłowski from Łajski, Masłowski from Łajski, Aleksander Maciejewski – the brother of Janina Tomalska, Żak, Majewski and an unknown Russian.
Today, it is difficult to unambiguously determine the exact date of those tragic events, because in that period, the surrounding villages witnessed numerous arrest scenes and executions of civilians and the Polish Home Army soldiers
On Wednesday, August 16, or as indicated by other sources, on Saturday, August 19th, 1944, 15 or 16 people were killed on the outskirts of Nowopol. In this tragedy among other, the following people perished: Rybarczyk (16 yrs), Jerzy Dymek (22 yrs), Edward Łaski (18 yrs), Jan Ląca (22 yrs), Stanisław Skarżycki (50 yrs), Janina Tomalska née Maciejewska, Janusz Pacho, Marian Walczak (23 yrs) – a hairdresser from Zegrze, Jerzy Sosnowski – a student from Warsaw, Józef Kozłowski from Łajski, Masłowski from Łajski, Aleksander Maciejewski – the brother of Janina Tomalska, Żak, Majewski and an unknown Russian.
Today, it is difficult to unambiguously determine the exact date of those tragic events, because in that period, the surrounding villages witnessed numerous arrest scenes and executions of civilians and the Polish Home Army soldiers