Łaskarzew
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Łaskarzew [wasˈkaʐɛf] is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,948 inhabitants (2004).
Coordinates: 51°48′N 21°36′E / 51.8°N 21.6°E / 51.8; 21.6
[edit] Massacre during Second World War
During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 17 September murdered 54 people in the town, including 34 Jews and 24 Poles. The victims included elderly people as old as 75 years.[1] On September 27, 1942, German forces deported 1,240 Jews to Treblinka extermination camp.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 417
- ^ Table 3 Generalgouvernement and Bialystok General District, Deportations to Treblinka, Arad, pp. 392-395
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