Szczurowa massacre

Szczurowa massacre
Part of Romani Holocaust
LocationSzczurowa, Poland
Coordinates50°06′59″N 20°38′14″E / 50.11639°N 20.63722°E / 50.11639; 20.63722
Date3 August 1943 (1943-08-03)
TargetRomani people
Attack type
Extermination, mass murder
WeaponsGuns
Deaths93 Romani
PerpetratorsGerman Nazi occupiers

The massacre in Szczurowa was the murder of 93 Romani people, including children, women and the elderly, by German Nazi occupiers in the Polish village of Szczurowa on 3 July 1943. Between ten and twenty families of settled Romani had lived in Szczurowa for generations, alongside ethnic Poles with whom they had friendly and neighborly relations. They were integrated enough into the general community that several mixed marriages existed.