Global InformationBarbarka massacre information
| Barbarka massacre | |
|---|---|
 Execution in the Barbarka forest | |
| Location | Toruń, Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°02′49″N 18°32′43″E / 53.046893°N 18.545308°E |
| Date | 1939 |
Attack type | execution by firing squad |
| Deaths | 600 |
| Perpetrator | Nazi Germany |
Barbarka massacre was a series of mass executions carried out by German occupiers in the autumn of 1939 in the Barbarka forest near Toruń, Poland.
The mass executions in Barbarka were part of the so-called Intelligenzaktion, and they were carried out by SS officers and members of the paramilitary Selbstschutz. Polish historians estimate that at least 600 people were murdered in Barbarka. The victims were prisoners of the internment camp set up by the Germans in the casemates of Fort VII of the Toruń Fortress. Among them were many representatives of the Polish social elite and intelligentsia from Toruń and surrounding areas.