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 victim was a 17-year-old boy scout named Sylwester Śliwiński. Following the capture of the town, Wehrmacht soldiers and SS troops brutally murdered approximately 300 Polish civilians on September 9-10.