Szarwark, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Appearance
Szarwark | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 50°8′N 21°4′E / 50.133°N 21.067°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
County | Dąbrowa |
Gmina | Dąbrowa 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. pp. 98–99.