The Połaniec massacre is one of the most notorious and shocking criminal cases of the communist era in Poland. On Christmas Eve 1976, near the village of Zrębin, a pregnant woman, Krystyna, her husband Stanisław, and her 12-year-old brother, Mieczysław, were brutally murdered. The murder was perpetrated by a man who had harbored a deep grudge against their family for years. Nearly thirty witnesses to the tragedy were forced to remain silent. Thi…
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The Połaniec massacre is one of the most notorious and shocking criminal cases of the communist era in Poland. On Christmas Eve 1976, near the village of Zrębin, a pregnant woman, Krystyna, her husband Stanisław, and her 12-year-old brother, Mieczysław, were brutally murdered. The murder was perpetrated by a man who had harbored a deep grudge against their family for years. Nearly thirty witnesses to the tragedy were forced to remain silent. Thi…