Kietlin [ˈkʲɛtlin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radomsko, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Radomsko and 78 km (48 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.
Kietlin | |
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Village | |
![]() Holy Trinity church in Kietlin | |
Coordinates: 51°5′21″N 19°30′16″E / 51.08917°N 19.50444°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Łódź |
County | Radomsko |
Gmina | Radomsko |
Vehicle registration | ERA |
National road | ![]() |
History
editFollowing the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. In October 1943, the German gendarmerie committed a massacre of 11 people in Kietlin. The victims were three Poles (two men and one woman) and eight Jews (including children), whom they sheltered from the Holocaust.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 102.