▁the ▁mass ▁murder ▁of ▁civ ili ans , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁forces ▁lo oted ▁the ▁village ▁and ▁ra ped ▁an ▁unknown ▁number ▁of ▁women . ▁ ▁The ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁mass acre ▁remains ▁unknown . ▁Some ▁authors ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁soldiers ▁wanted ▁to ▁take ▁reven ge ▁for ▁the ▁losses ▁suffered ▁by ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁during ▁the ▁recent ▁sk irm ishes ▁with ▁the ▁We hr macht ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁During ▁the ▁fighting ▁for ▁Prz ysz ow ice , ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁suffered ▁ 1 0 1 ▁cas ual ties ▁and ▁lost ▁roughly ▁ 4 0 ▁t anks . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁likely ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁soldiers ▁did ▁not ▁know ▁they ▁were ▁still ▁on ▁Polish ▁soil ▁and ▁instead ▁believed ▁they ▁had ▁finally ▁entered ▁the ▁territ ories ▁of ▁Naz i ▁Germany ; ▁Prz ysz ow ice ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁western - most ▁villages ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Polish ▁Republic , ▁on ▁the ▁pre - war ▁border ▁between ▁Poland ▁and ▁Germany . ▁▁▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁mass acre , ▁the ▁vict ims ▁were ▁buried ▁in ▁a ▁mass ▁grave ▁in ▁a ▁local ▁c emetery . ▁Polish ▁newsp apers ▁also ▁note ▁that ▁two ▁more ▁civ ili ans ▁were ▁killed ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁that ▁year , ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁when ▁Red ▁Army ▁troops ▁were ▁returning ▁from ▁Germany . ▁A ▁man ▁was ▁st raf ed ▁by ▁a ▁Soviet ▁plane ▁in ▁June , ▁and ▁a ▁woman ▁killed ▁in ▁July ▁by ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Soviet ▁soldiers ▁ste aling ▁a ▁cow . ▁During ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁Commun ist