On that day, a large group of Polish prisoners of war and civilian hostages were either shot or drowned in the Vistula River.

In the meantime, the Germans were killing individual Polish soldiers who had been hiding in the coastal bushes and now revealed themselves with the intention of capitulating.

[11] The register of places and facts of crimes committed by the Nazi Occupier on Polish Lands in the years 1939–1945 provides the names of 23 identified victims—residents of Śladów, Famułki Królewskie, Łasice, Przęsławice, and Wilcze Śladowskie.

[a][1] Only two people survived the massacre: Stanisław Klejnowski and Alfred Kitliński (both were residents of the gmina of Tułowice).

[2] Jan Jarecki blames the soldiers of the 12th Rifle Regiment (Schützen-Regiment 12), which was part of this division and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Konrad von Czettritz und Neuhaus.

[1] Szymon Datner described the massacre in Śladów as 'one of the most monstrous crimes recorded in the chronicles of World War II.

Currently, there is a plaque with the following inscription:[13] In Memory of the Defenders of the Fatherland.September 1939.252 soldiers of the Polish Army fighting heroically until the last bullet, executed on September 18, 1939 after being taken prisoner.106 inhabitants of Śladów and the surrounding forest villages murdered by the Germans for helping the fighting units of the Polish Army.Residents of the Gmina Brochów, Society of Sochaczew County.Śladów 2008.