Śladów, Masovian Voivodeship Explained

Śladów
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sochaczew
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Brochów
Coordinates:52.3781°N 20.3033°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:389 (2021)[1]
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:WSC

Śladów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brochów, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

History

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was a site of massacre of 300 people, including about a 150 Polish prisoners of war, by the German troops (the Śladów massacre) (another source gives the number of 252 PoWs[2]).[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wieś Śladów (mazowieckie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, regon, kod pocztowy, atrakcje, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, tabele, zabytki, statystyki, drogi publiczne, liczba ludności . 2023-05-25 . Polska w liczbach . pl.
  2. Book: Baxter, Ian . Himmler's Death Squad – Einsatzgruppen in Action, 1939–1944: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives . 2021-10-30 . Pen and Sword Military . 978-1-5267-7859-8 . 252 .
  3. Book: Datner, Szymon . Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach wojennych armii regularnych w II wojnie światowej . 1964 . Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej . 53–56 . pl.