During the suppression of the 1944 Uprising in Warsaw , German forces committed many atrocities against Polish civilians , following the order by Hitler to level the city . The most notorious occurrence took place in Wola where , at the beginning of August 1944 , between 40 – 50,000 civilians ( men , women , and children ) were methodically rounded-up and executed by the '' Einsatzkommando '' of the '' Sicherheitspolizei '' under Heinz Reinefarth 's command and the amnestied German criminals from '' Dirlewanger '' . Other similar massacres took place in the areas of Śródmieście ( City Centre ) , Stare Miasto ( Old Town ) and Marymont districts . In Ochota , an orgy of civilian killings , rape and looting was carried out by Russian collaborators of RONA . After the fall of Stare Miasto , during the beginning of September , 7,000 seriously wounded hospital patients were executed or burnt alive , often with the medical staff caring for them . Similar atrocities took place later in the Czerniaków district and after the fall of Powisle and Mokotów districts
took place in Wola
Wola massacre
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation