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Mass Grave Database - Based On Early Testemonies

Where vicitims are from, last know location Rzeszów
Town/county where mass grave is located Zaczernie Forest
Mass Grave Location Zaczernie Forest (10 km north from Rzeszów) in a a path leading from the main road leads to the place of execution. by the forester's lodge about 200-300 meters south from the north-west forehead of the aforementioned forest (Poles buried in separate graves in sandy hills about 300 meters south-east from the forehead of the forest.)
Date of Murder Starting August 1942
Numer of Victims 60,000
Names of Victims Mentioned
Full Testimony In August 1942, Jews were taken from the ghetto in Rzeszów to the Zaczernie Forest (10 km north from Rzeszów) where they were executed for 3-4 hours in the morning from 2 p.m. till dusk. [...] 10-15, 000 people were shot every week, altogether about 60,000 Jews. Apart from that, Polish prisoners and members of the underground organisations were executed separately at varying intervals. Jews were buried in mass graves in Zaczernie Forest I (a path leading from the main road leads to the place of execution ) by the forester's lodge about 200-300 meters south from the north-west forehead of the aforementioned forest. The graves had been prepared by Polish youths, forced to do so, from Bau or Arbeitsamt. The prisoners and members of underground organisations were buried in sandy hills about 300 meters south-east from the forehead of the forest.
Testimony Number 301/6022
page in longer testimony page 1
Date of Testimony Wrocław, 16 July 1961
Name of Witness Mastalski Stanisław
Current Country Poland