Nazi war crimes at Theatre Square in Warsaw

Nazi war crimes at Theatre Square in Warsaw
Location52°14′38.69″N 21°00′31.33″E / 52.2440806°N 21.0087028°E / 52.2440806; 21.0087028
Warsaw, Poland (occupied by Third Reich – General Government)
Date7–10 August 1944
Attack type
Mass executions
PerpetratorThird Reich (SS)

Nazi war crimes at Theatre Square in Warsaw were mass executions of residents of North Downtown carried out by SS units during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

Between 7 and 10 August 1944, the Germans expelled the Polish population living in the vicinity of Theatre Square. The expulsions were accompanied by mass executions, arson, looting, and rape of women. Several hundred Poles (mostly men) were shot in the ruins of the National Opera and in the nearby streets. There were also many cases of Polish civilians being used as "human shields" to cover the advances of German infantry and tanks.

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