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Longinówka
Longinówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rozprza, within Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Rozprza, south of Piotrków Trybunalski, and south of the regional capital Łódź. History According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 645, entirely Polish by nationality and Roman Catholic by confession. During the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the Germans locked up several captured Polish prisoners of war in a house in the village, then set it on fire and burned the Poles alive (see also ''Nazi crimes against the Polish nation War crime, Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis powers, Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, along with Schutzmannschaft#Police battalions, auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occu ...''). References Villages in Piotrków County Sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina Rozprza
__NOTOC__ Gmina Rozprza is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Piotrków County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. Its seat is the village of Rozprza, Łódź Voivodeship, Rozprza, which lies approximately south of Piotrków Trybunalski and south of the regional capital Łódź. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 12,039. Villages Gmina Rozprza contains the villages and settlements of Adolfinów, Bagno, Łódź Voivodeship, Bagno, Bazar, Łódź Voivodeship, Bazar, Biała Róża, Łódź Voivodeship, Biała Róża, Białocin, Łódź Voivodeship, Białocin, Bogumiłów, Piotrków County, Bogumiłów, Bryszki, Budy, Łódź Voivodeship, Budy, Budy Porajskie, Cekanów, Piotrków County, Cekanów, Cieślin, Łódź Voivodeship, Cieślin, Dzięciary, Gieski, Ignaców, Piotrków County, Ignaców, Janówka, Piotrków County, Janówka, Kęszyn, Kisiele, Łazy Duże, Łódź Voivodeship, Łazy Duże, Łochyńsko, Longinówka, Lubień, Piotrk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Atrocities Committed Against Polish Prisoners Of War
During the Invasion of Poland, German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, Nazi Germany carried out a number of atrocities involving Polish prisoners of war (POWs). During that period, the Wehrmacht is estimated to have mass-murdered at least 3,000 Polish POWs, with the largest atrocities being the Ciepielów massacre of 8 September 1939 (~300 victims) and the Zambrów massacre of 13–14 September (~200 victims). Most of those atrocities are classified as war crimes of the Wehrmacht. Jewish soldiers with the Polish Army were also more likely than others to be victims of various atrocities. A number of other atrocities against Polish POWs occurred later in the war, particularly on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front, with the largest atrocities in 1945 committed at Podgaje massacre, Podgaje (~200 victims) and Horka, Saxony, Horka (~300 victims). Background Before the war began, the Wehrmacht high command issued many Anti-Polish sentiment, radical and rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
