Prudziszki | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Suwałki |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Jeleniewo |
Coordinates: | 54.1667°N 77°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Prudziszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleniewo, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south of Jeleniewo, 100NaN0 north of Suwałki, and 1180NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on April 26, 1940, the Germans carried out a massacre of 13 Poles from the region in the forest of Prudziszki as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Among the murdered were teachers, a local official and a military officer.[2]