ul. Przechodnia
“Sacred place were Polish blood was shed for the freedom of Homeland. Here, on August 6th 1944, the Nazis executed over 100 people.”
The Carnage of Wola (Rzeź Woli) was an Adolf Hitler order. He wanted not only to raze Warsaw to the ground, but also demanded a total extermination of Polish Nation. Elderly people, children, women and the infants were victims of mass murders performed by the Nazis. The death squadrons headed through the streets of Warsaw, performing unbelievable carnage. August 5th was called the Black Saturday . That day Himmler’s order was announced, on the basis of which all of the insurgents and civilians had to be killed and the city had to be razed to the ground. In the early morning hours the assault on Wola began. Nevertheless, it did not stop the Nazis to perform the executions on civilians in other districts governed by them. The civilians tried to hide in the basements, but mostly got killed from the granades. Those who managed to leave the buildings got killed from the machine guns placed in front of them. On the second day, the Carnage of Wola seemed more organised and the Nazis sent civilians to already prepared spots. Przechodnia Street was one of the places were mass murders on civilians were performed.