Ignaców, Mińsk County
Ignaców | |
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Village | |
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  Ignaców | |
| Coordinates: 52°11′13″N 21°40′57″E / 52.18694°N 21.68250°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Mińsk |
| Gmina | Mińsk Mazowiecki |
| Population | |
| • Total | 34[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WM |
| National roads |  |
Ignaców [iɡˈnat͡suf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mińsk Mazowiecki, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2]
The local landmark is the Saint Anthony church.
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 March 30, 1943, the Germans carried out a massacre of three Polish foresters and two Soviet POWs who escaped from German captivity.[3] The foresters were members of the Polish resistance, and they sheltered Jews and Soviet POWs.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wieś Ignaców - podstawowe informacje". Polska w liczbach. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ a b Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 94.
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