Jeziorko woodland cemetery

Woodland cemetery in Jeziorko village in the Northeastern part of Poland is located approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the town of Łomża along Route 668. The remains of victims murdered by the Nazi troops rest in the cemetery which is among very few with almost completely documented history of events that happened during the Nazi occupation. In autumn of 1944, a German unit (Sonderkommando 1005) exhumed the corpses and burned them to obliterate the evidence of the murders.

Jeziorko woodland cemetery

Woodland cemetery in Jeziorko village in the Northeastern part of Poland is located approximately 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from the town of Łomża along Route 668. The remains of victims murdered by the Nazi troops rest in the cemetery which is among very few with almost completely documented history of events that happened during the Nazi occupation. In autumn of 1944, a German unit (Sonderkommando 1005) exhumed the corpses and burned them to obliterate the evidence of the murders.