The perpetrators were mainly from the new Selbstschutz battalions called the Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz, a paramilitary formation of civilian shooters composed of men from the German minority of pre-war Poland, as well as the Einsatzkommando 16 of SS Einsatzgruppen under command of SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf Tröger.
The main perpetrators were primarily from the Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz battalions, a paramilitary group of civilian shooters from the German minority in pre-war Poland, as well as the Einsatzkommando 16 of SS Einsatzgruppen under the command of SS-Sturmbannführer Rudolf Tröger.