Śladów [ˈɕladuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brochów, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
Śladów | |
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Village | |
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  Śladów | |
| Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 20°18′12″E / 52.37806°N 20.30333°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lesser Poland |
| County | Sochaczew |
| Gmina | Brochów |
| Population | |
| • Total | 389 (2,021)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WSC |
History edit
In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was a site of massacre of 300 people, including about a 150 Polish prisoners of war, by the German troops (the Śladów massacre) (another source gives the number of 252 PoWs[2]).[3]
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References edit
- ^ "Wieś Śladów (mazowieckie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, regon, kod pocztowy, atrakcje, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, tabele, zabytki, statystyki, drogi publiczne, liczba ludności". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
- ^ Baxter, Ian (2021-10-30). Himmler's Death Squad – Einsatzgruppen in Action, 1939–1944: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Pen and Sword Military. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-5267-7859-8.
- ^ Datner, Szymon (1964). Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach wojennych armii regularnych w II wojnie światowej (in Polish). Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej. pp. 53–56.
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