Tarnawa Dolna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship
Tarnawa Dolna | |
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Village | |
Memorial at the site of the German massacre of Poles committed during World War II | |
Tarnawa Dolna | |
| Coordinates: 49°28′28″N 22°15′23″E / 49.47444°N 22.25639°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Sanok |
| Gmina | Zagórz |
| Population | 940 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | RSA |
| Voivodeship roads | |
Tarnawa Dolna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zagórz, within Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.[1]
History
During the German occupation (World War II), the Gruszka mountain near Tarnawa Dolna was the site of a German massacre of 112 Poles, who were previously imprisoned in nearby Sanok after trying to escape the Germans to take refuge in Hungary (see also: Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]
Notable people
- Władysław Kudlik (1922–1946), member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Rudolf Poliniewicz (1925–1946), Polish anti-communist partisan and former forced labourer under Germany
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 258.
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