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Chodaczków Wielki massacre

Okay, so imagine you and your friends are playing a game where you pretend to be soldiers. You all have toy guns, and you're running around and having fun. Suddenly, a real army comes along and starts shooting at you. You don't know why, and you don't understand what's happening. This is what happened to a group of people in a real place called Chodaczków Wielki, a long time ago.

Chodaczków Wielki was a small village in Poland where people lived and worked peacefully. But during World War II, some bad people called Nazis came and took over. They wanted to control everything and everyone, and they didn't care who got hurt in the process. They even made rules that only certain people were allowed to live there, and everyone else had to leave.

One day, some people who were trying to escape the Nazis came to Chodaczków Wielki. These were people who were scared and running for their lives, just like in a game of soldiers. They didn't know what else to do, so they asked the villagers for help. The villagers were afraid, but they knew it was the right thing to do. They let the strangers stay in their homes and tried to protect them.

But the Nazis found out and got very angry. They came to the village with guns and started shooting at everyone. They didn't care who they hurt, even innocent children and babies. They killed almost everyone in the village, including the people who had come for help. It was a terrible tragedy, and it's called the "Chodaczków Wielki massacre."

This is a sad and scary story, but it teaches us an important lesson about being kind and helping others who need it, even when it's hard. We should always try to be like the villagers in Chodaczków Wielki and stand up for what's right. And we should never forget the people who lost their lives in such a senseless act of violence.