Following the outbreak of the uprising, German officers in the city recieved orders to raise it to the ground and executive the entire Polish population.[1][2] It was done by expelling people from their houses, and burning buildings, section by section, starting from around the headquarters of Security Police. The inhabitants were rounded up by at Szucha Avenue, where they were selected into groups.[3][4] A portion, mostly women and children were expelled to the insurgent-controles zones.[5] Some people were also kept as forced labourers or hostages. The remaining people were set to be executed.[6][7] Mass executions were first conducted at the Jordan garden at Bagatela Street, and later, in the ruins of the former building of General Inspector of the Armed Forces (currently the Building of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister) at 1 and 3 Ujazdów Avenue. Most of people executed there were adult men and young boys deemed capable of fighting in the uprising, though in the first days, there were also killed women and young children. The bodies were cremated in the building. [6][8] After 5 August, the number of executions done in the area has decreased.[9] Since then, most of people killwd there came from other parts of the city, including Siekierki, Sielce, Solec, and Upper Mokotów.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The executions lasted until early October.[9] While the exact numbers remain unknown, it is estimated that between five and ten thousands people were executed there.[10][11]
- ^ Szymon Datner, Kazimierz Leszczyński: Zbrodnie okupanta w czasie powstania warszawskiego w 1944 roku (w dokumentach). Warszawa: MON, 1962, p. 418. (in Polish)
- ^ Niclas Sennerteg: Kat Warszawy. Warsaw: Sensacje XX wieku, 2009, p. 21. ISBN 978-83-61232-03-2. (in Polish)
- ^ Ludność cywilna w powstaniu warszawskim, vol. 1. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1974, p. 459. (in Polish)
- ^ Ludność cywilna w powstaniu warszawskim, vol. 2, part 2. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1974, p. 94. (in Polish)
- ^ "Powstanie Warszawskie – bez niedomówień". powstanie.pl (in Polish). May 2008.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|auhtor=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Ludność cywilna w powstaniu warszawskim, vol. 2, part 2. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1974, p. 451–462. (in Polish)
- ^ Szymon Datner, Kazimierz Leszczyński: Zbrodnie okupanta w czasie powstania warszawskiego w 1944 roku (w dokumentach) Warsaw: MON, 1962, p. 138. (in Polish)
- ^ Szymon Datner, Kazimierz Leszczyński: Zbrodnie okupanta w czasie powstania warszawskiego w 1944 roku (w dokumentach) Warsaw: MON, 1962, p. 141. (in Polish)
- ^ a b Ludność cywilna w powstaniu warszawskim, vol. 2, part 2. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1974, p. 565. (in Polish)
- ^ Maja Motyl, Stanisław Rutkowski: Powstanie Warszawskie – rejestr miejsc i faktów zbrodni. Warszawa: GKBZpNP-IPN, 1994, p. 167. (in Polish)
- ^ "Komunikat OKŚZpNP w Szczecinie". ipn.gov.pl (in Polish). 4 December 2009.