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Racławice, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 18°10′24″E / 51.51361°N 18.17333°E / 51.51361; 18.17333
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Racławice
Village
Racławice is located in Poland
Racławice
Racławice
Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 18°10′24″E / 51.51361°N 18.17333°E / 51.51361; 18.17333
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyOstrzeszów
GminaKraszewice
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationPOT

Racławice [rat͡swaˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kraszewice, within Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Ostrzeszów and 131 km (81 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

History

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During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), ten Polish farmers from Racławice were murdered by the occupiers on 11 February 1940, in nearby Winiary (present-day district of Kalisz) at the site of large massacres of Poles from the region perpetrated in 1939–1940 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[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. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 206.