The first killed defender was 17-year-old boy scout Sylwester Śliwiński. After capturing the town, Wehrmacht soldiers and SS mass murdered 300 Polish civilians from the town on 9 and 10 September.
The initial fatality was Sylwester Śliwiński, a 17-year-old boy scout. Following the German capture of the town, Wehrmacht soldiers and SS troops carried out a massacre, killing around 300 Polish civilians on September 9-10.