| Nieławice | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Łomża |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wizna |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 53.2333°N 41°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | BLM |
Nieławice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wizna, within Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Wizna, 180NaN0 north-east of Łomża, and 590NaN0 west of the regional capital Białystok.
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was first occupied by the Soviet Union until 1941, and then by Germany until 1944. On the night of 31 December 1944 to 1 January 1945, German troops pacified the village in retaliation for the aid of local Poles to a Wehrmacht deserter and a fugitive Soviet prisoner of war.[2] The Germans set fire to the village and shot at people fleeing the buildings, murdering 56 people, including 32 children under the age of 14 (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] Only a few managed to escape and survived.[2]