Jabłoń-Dobki is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Nowe Piekuty __NOTOC__ Gmina Nowe Piekuty is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowe Piekuty, which lies approximately south-east of Wysokie Mazowie ...

, within

Wysokie Mazowieckie County __NOTOC__ Wysokie Mazowieckie County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms ...

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, in north-eastern

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History

In 1827, the village had a population of 59. Following the joint German-Soviet

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...

, which started

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the

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until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. On March 8, 1944, in retaliation for the activity of the Polish resistance, the Germans pacified the village. The Germans forced the residents into a barn, then doused it with gasoline and threw grenades inside. 91 Poles were killed and burned alive, including 31 women and 31 children.

References

Villages in Wysokie Mazowieckie County {{WysokieMazowieckie-geo-stub