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Szarwark, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 50°8′N 21°4′E / 50.133°N 21.067°E / 50.133; 21.067
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Szarwark
Village
Saint Andrew Bobola church in Szarwark
Saint Andrew Bobola church in Szarwark
Szarwark is located in Poland
Szarwark
Szarwark
Coordinates: 50°8′N 21°4′E / 50.133°N 21.067°E / 50.133; 21.067
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountyDąbrowa
GminaDąbrowa Tarnowska

Szarwark [ˈʂarvark] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Tarnowska, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and 81 km (50 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

History

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Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. In June 1943, the German gendarmerie and Gestapo carried out a massacre of six local Poles, including two children aged 10 and 12, as punishment for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. pp. 98–99.