Biała Niżna Explained

Biała Niżna
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Sącz
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Grybów
Coordinates:49.6333°N 79°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:2200

Biała Niżna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grybów, within Nowy Sącz County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3km (02miles) east of Grybów, 210NaN0 east of Nowy Sącz, and 890NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

History

The nearest ghetto lay about 3 km from Biala Biała Niżna, in Grybów. It was created in 1940. The Nazis gathered about 2.500 Jews there from Krużlowa Niżna, Krużlowa Wyżna, Stara Wieś, Siołków, Mszalnica, Kąclowa, Biała Wyżna, Ptaszków but also from Lodz and its surroundings. In August 1942, the ghetto was liquidated. Some of the ghetto inmates were transported to the ghetto in Nowy Sącz and the rest of them, approximately 360 men, women and children, were executed in Biała Niżna. That's how this small village in southern Poland became one of the largest sites of martyrdom. According to Stanisław R., the witness of the shooting, among 360 Jews killed in Biała Niżna, 60 were children.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Yahad - in Unum.