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Mszadla, Łódź Voivodeship

Coordinates: 51°53′58″N 19°53′54″E / 51.89944°N 19.89833°E / 51.89944; 19.89833
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Mszadla
Village
Mszadla is located in Poland
Mszadla
Mszadla
Coordinates: 51°53′58″N 19°53′54″E / 51.89944°N 19.89833°E / 51.89944; 19.89833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipŁódź
CountySkierniewice
GminaLipce Reymontowskie
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationESK

Mszadla [ˈmʂadla] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipce Reymontowskie, within Skierniewice County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Lipce Reymontowskie, 18 km (11 mi) west of Skierniewice, and 33 km (21 mi) north-east of the regional capital Łódź.

Massacre during Second World War

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During the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II, German forces on 10 September 1939 murdered 153 Poles in the village (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation). The victims were local farmers, refugees, four children as young as three years old.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Datner, Szymon. 55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce (in Polish). p. 333.