Forest gorges on the north slope of the Słona Góra near Piorkowice, Poręba Radlna and Łękawka witnessed three executions of Polish citizens. The executed were imprisoned in the Tarnów prison, only one of the victims was arrested by chance in Łękawka and also had to fall victim to German executioners.
About 70 persons were killed on 29 July, 24 December 1940 and 2 February 1944. Their personal belongings were burnt on the spot. The fact that they carried personal things proves that the victims were told that they are being transfered to a different place of 'detention'. The bodies were exhumed after the war and the official funeral was organised in 1959. Only 38 names of the executed were reestablished. In 1968 in Bochum, Germany, a trial of the executioners (SS officers) was held with three of them accused for the commited crime in Poręba Radlna.
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