A site of mass executions carried out by the Germans in 1939–1941. Today a cemetery-mausoleum in the Kampinos Forest, a dozen kilometres from Warsaw.
In Palmiry, in the forest near Warsaw, the Germans shot prisoners from Pawiak and other detention sites — politicians, activists, members of the intelligentsia. According to museum figures, around 1,700 people were murdered here in 1939–1941. After the war the area was ordered and turned into a cemetery-mausoleum.
What to see
The centre is the cemetery with crosses and plaques commemorating the victims. A museum operates nearby, and a walk through the forest leads to the execution sites.
How to visit
Individual visits, in silence. Allow about one to two hours. It is a good place for a short visit combined with time in the Kampinos Forest — but not as a stop-by on a bike ride.
Getting there
Palmiry lies on the road from Warsaw to Modlin, in the Czosnów municipality. Reach it by car or bus from Warsaw; the nearest railway stations are Warsaw and Modlin.
