Mass Grave Database - Based On Early Testemonies

Where vicitims are from, last know location	Łomża
Town/county where mass grave is located	Gielczyn
Mass Grave Location	On the way to Zombrow near the village of Giełczyn
Date of Murder
Numer of Victims	around 2000
Names of Victims Mentioned
Full Testimony	One evening the Germans took around 100 Jews in the guise of taking them to work in the houses occupied by the Gestapo. The Jews entered that building and never left it. Next day Mr Wiernik saw through a window a few covered trucks loaded with people leaving the Gestapo building. Armed Gestapo men were sitting at the back of the trucks. The trucks were going towards Zambrów. The villagers there were saying they heard gunshots near Giełczyn on the way to Zambrów. Such round-ups were taking place every other day for two weeks. Each time about 100-150 men and women, German and Polish, who were caught on the streets (not wearing the Star of David), would disappear in the dungeons of the Gestapo building. Next day, they were transported on trucks by the German and Polish police and executed near the village of Giełczyn. Around 2,000 Jews died throughout those days.
Testimony Number	301/735
page in longer testimony	pages 3-3a
Date of Testimony	Bialystok 1945
Name of Witness	Izaak Wiernik
Current Country	Poland