| Stare Masiewo | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hajnówka |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Narewka |
| Coordinates: | 52.8167°N 77°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 150 |
| Registration Plate: | BHA |
Stare Masiewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narewka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) east of Narewka, 250NaN0 east of Hajnówka, and 600NaN0 south-east 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. In July 1941, the German Police Battalion 322 expelled the entire population, and then plundered and destroyed the village.[2] In 1942, two former inhabitants were publicly hanged by the Germans in Białowieża, and one woman was deported to the Stutthof concentration camp and murdered there.[2] The purpose of the expulsion was to hinder the activities of the resistance movement in the area.[2] After the war some people returned, and the village was rebuilt.