Klamry

In October and November, 1939, hundred Poles were murdered in a forest east of Klamry, about fourty kilometres northeast of Bydgoszcz. It was mainly educated Poles, journalists, teachers, police officers, officers, priests, etc., who were murdered. On the part of the Nazis, these were considered a threat to German supremacy and a germanization of Poland and must be eliminated. The murders were carried out by Nazi Einsatzkommandon and local units consisting of ethnic Germans, known as Selbstschutz.