Hucisko, Przysucha County Explained

Hucisko
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Coordinates:51.2522°N 20.6069°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Przysucha
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Przysucha

Hucisko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przysucha, within Przysucha County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]

In 1940 it was the site of the battle between the Polish partisans of the Detached Unit of the Polish Army and German forces, which ended in Polish victory. Many civilians from the region were subject to the German repressions subsequently.[2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Kosztyła, Zygmunt . Oddział Wydzielony Wojska Polskiego Majora "Hubala" . 1987 . Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej . 83-11-07345-7 . Warsaw . pl . 18746181.
  3. Book: Brewing, Daniel . In the Shadow of Auschwitz: German Massacres against Polish Civilians, 1939–1945 . 2022-06-10 . Berghahn Books . 978-1-80073-090-8 . 175 . The appearance of the armed group around Major Henryk Dobrzański in the forests of Radom district in the spring of 1940 marks the moment when the German occupying power was confronted for the first time with an organized partisan group..
  4. Book: Kochanski, Halik . Resistance: The Underground War Against Hitler, 1939-1945 . 2022 . Liveright Publishing . 978-1-324-09166-0 . 97 .