Mass Grave Database - Based On Early Testemonies

Where vicitims are from, last know location	Skawina
Town/county where mass grave is located	Podbory
Mass Grave Location	the forest at Podbory
Date of Murder	August 30, 1942
Numer of Victims
Names of Victims Mentioned
Full Testimony	[30 August 1942] There were two groups: one with women, girls, young boys and girls up to 12 years; the other, comprised of old people, toddlers, infants in pillows and handicapped was loaded onto trucks. The trucks were high, so the "baudienst" (building service) were ordered to help the older and handicapped get into the trucks, while the children were being grabbed by legs and thrown in on those, who were already there. When the trucks were full, they were driving off very quickly toward the forest at Podbory, where deep pits had already been prepared. The trucks were stopping few metres away from the pits. People were being pulled out in groups of five, ordered to strip naked, put their belongings in one place and sit on the edge of the pit facing the ground. They were shot from behind. [...] once the pit was filled almost to the brim, drunk baudiensts (workers) were ordered to cover it with dirt, though the bodies were still moving.
Testimony Number	301/599
page in longer testimony	page 9
Date of Testimony	Skawina 19 April 1945
Name of Witness	Zofia Głowacka-Hrad
Current Country	Poland