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Śladów, Masovian Voivodeship

Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 20°18′12″E / 52.37806°N 20.30333°E / 52.37806; 20.30333
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Śladów
Village
Śladów is located in Poland
Śladów
Śladów
Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 20°18′12″E / 52.37806°N 20.30333°E / 52.37806; 20.30333
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLesser Poland
CountySochaczew
GminaBrochów
Population
 • Total389 (2,021)[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWSC

Śladów [ˈɕladuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brochów, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

History

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Monument for the victims of the Śladów massacre

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was a site of massacre of 300 people, including about a 150 Polish prisoners of war, by the German troops (the Śladów massacre) (another source gives the number of 252 PoWs[2]).[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wieś Śladów (mazowieckie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, regon, kod pocztowy, atrakcje, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, tabele, zabytki, statystyki, drogi publiczne, liczba ludności". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. ^ Baxter, Ian (2021-10-30). Himmler's Death Squad – Einsatzgruppen in Action, 1939–1944: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Pen and Sword Military. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-5267-7859-8.
  3. ^ Datner, Szymon (1964). Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach wojennych armii regularnych w II wojnie światowej (in Polish). Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej. pp. 53–56.