The Kielce cemetery massacre refers to the shooting action by the Nazi German police that took place on May 23, 1943 in

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during World War II, in which 45

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ish children who had survived the

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liquidation, and remained with their working parents at the Kielce forced-labour camps, were rounded up and brought to the Pakosz cemetery in

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, Poland, where they were murdered by the German paramilitary police. The children ranged in age from 15 months to 15 years old. During the ghetto liquidation action which began on 20 August 1942 approximately 20,000-21,000 Jews were led to awaiting

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and sent to

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. By the end of 24 August 1942, there were only 2,000 skilled workers left alive in the labour camp at Stolarska-and-Jasna Streets '' (pl)'' within the small ghetto, including members of the ''Judenrat'' and the Jewish policemen. In May 1943, most Jewish prisoners from Kielce were transported to forced-labour camps in

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, and

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. The 45 Jewish children murdered at the cemetery were the ones who stayed behind at the liquidated camp.

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