Stare Babice Explained

Stare Babice
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Masovian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Warsaw West
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Stare Babice
Coordinates:52.25°N 71°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:2056
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[1]

Stare Babice (pronounced as /pl/; "the Old Babice") is a village in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Babice.[2] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-east of Ożarów Mazowiecki and 110NaN0 west of Warsaw.

World War II history

During occupation of Poland in World War II, Babice served as location of mass executions of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto nearby. In 1942, 110 Jews from the Gęsiówka Prison in Warsaw were murdered by the Germans in a single Babice massacre (pl).

Further reading

. Władysław Bartoszewski . Warszawski pierścień śmierci 1939–1944 . Interpress . Warsaw . 1970.

. Emanuel Ringelblum . Stosunki polsko-żydowskie w czasie drugiej wojny światowej . Czytelnik . Warsaw . 1988 . 83-07-01686-X.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liczba mieszkańców Gminy Stare Babice w podziale na miejscowości . 31 December 2010 . . 27 October 2013 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 1 June 2008 . Polish.