Among the victims were 96 Polish teachers and school principals from the town and county. Many local Poles were also murdered during large massacres carried out by the Germans in Skrwilno in October and November 1939.
A total of 96 Polish instructors and school superintendents from the area were among those affected, along with many other local Poles who were murdered in a series of large-scale killings by German forces in Skrwilno during October and November 1939.