battle, interwar and Second World War

Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp

Name: Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp
Start: 1944-08-05
Location: Warsaw, Poland

Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp was a battle fought on 5 August 1944 at Warsaw, in what is now Poland. It was part of the Warsaw Uprising. The recorded result: Polish victory and liberation of 348 Jewish prisoners.

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Jewish prisoners of Gęsiowka, a German-Nazi Camp in Warsaw liberated on August 5, 1944 with Polish soldiers from Battalion "Zośka" of the Home Army in the beginning of Warsaw Uprising.. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought5 August 1944

WhereWarsaw, Poland52.249N, 20.993E

OutcomePolish victory and liberation of 348 Jewish prisoners

BelligerentsPolish Underground StateagainstNazi Germany

Casualties and losses2 killed; 1 woundedandAt least 8 killed

Part ofWarsaw Uprising1944

Where it sits in the Warsaw Uprising

3 placed engagements of the Warsaw Uprising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	5 August 1944
Place	Warsaw, Poland 52.249N, 20.993E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Casualties and losses	2 killed; 1 wounded	At least 8 killed
Commanders	Ryszard Białous

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Warsaw 1656, 2.2 km SE
Capture of Warsaw (1657) 1657, 2.2 km SE
Siege of Warsaw 1656, 2.4 km SE
Warsaw Uprising 1794, 2.5 km SE
Siege of Warsaw 1939, 2.5 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 17 times between 1656 and 1944.

In the same war

Before: Battle of Pęcice 2 August 1944
All 3 engagements of Warsaw Uprising

Elsewhere in 1944

Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 469 in present-day Poland.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q66050700, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Liberation of Warsaw concentration camp, revision 1371768323, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.