Szarwark, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Explained

Szarwark
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lesser Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dąbrowa
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Coordinates:50.1333°N 25°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Szarwark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Tarnowska, within Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south-east of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and 810NaN0 east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. In June 1943, the German gendarmerie and Gestapo carried out a massacre of six local Poles, including two children aged 10 and 12, as punishment for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Book: Datner, Szymon. 1968. Las sprawiedliwych. pl. Warszawa. Książka i Wiedza. 98–99.