Kietlin, Łódź Voivodeship Explained

Kietlin
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Łódź
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Radomsko
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Radomsko
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.0892°N 19.5044°W
Registration Plate:ERA
Blank Name Sec2:National road

Kietlin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radomsko, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-east of Radomsko and 780NaN0 south of the regional capital Łódź.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. In October 1943, the German gendarmerie committed a massacre of 11 people in Kietlin. The victims were three Poles (two men and one woman) and eight Jews (including children), whom they sheltered from the Holocaust.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: Datner, Szymon. 1968. Las sprawiedliwych. pl. Warszawa. Książka i Wiedza. 102.