Jaworze Dolne
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 Old mill in Jaworze Dolne | |
  Jaworze Dolne | |
| Coordinates: 49°57′N 21°21′E / 49.950°N 21.350°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Dębica |
| Gmina | Pilzno |
| Vehicle registration | RDE |
Jaworze Dolne [jaˈvɔʐɛ ˈdɔlnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilzno, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Pilzno, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Dębica, and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Rzeszów.
History
[edit]Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. On February 4, 1943, German troops and Gestapo perpetrated a massacre of 11 people in Jaworze Dolne.[2] The victims were five Poles and six Jews, whom they sheltered from the Holocaust.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 92.
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