Podgaje massacre

The Podgaje massacre refers to the mass murder of Polish People's Armies POWs, who were captured in January 1945 by the Waffen SS.

The massacre took place in the village of Podgaje during the night of 31 January, during which approximately 160–210 POWs of the 4th Company, 3rd Infantry Regiment, of the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division were executed.

[1][2]: 23 While some older sources claimed that 32 of the victims were burned alive, newer research does not support that conclusion.

The event was fictionalized in the Polish 1979 movie Elegia [pl].

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