Stare Krzewo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Białystok |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Zawady |
Coordinates: | 53.1°N 58°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | BIA |
Blank Name Sec2: | Highways |
Stare Krzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zawady, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south-west of Zawady and 380NaN0 west of the regional capital Białystok.
Stare Krzewo, Nowe Krzewo and Krzewo-Plebanki were recognized as separate villages already in the 15th century.[2]
During World War II, the village was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941, and by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. In 1941, the Germans established a forced labour camp in the village.[3] Around 2,000 Jewish men and women were imprisoned there.[3] The camp was dissolved in 1943, and its prisoners were deported to the Treblinka extermination camp.[3]
The Expressway S8 passes through the village.