Mordarka
Village in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
49°41′50″N 20°27′47″E / 49.69722°N 20.46306°E / 49.69722; 20.46306![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
Mordarka [mɔrˈdarka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Limanowa, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Limanowa and 56 km (35 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków.[1]
History
In 1881, Mordarka had a population of 772.[2]
During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on 7 September 1939, the Germans committed a massacre of ten people from Limanowa in Mordarka. The victims were nine Jews and a Polish mailman, who tried to persuade the Germans to release the nine arrested Jews.[3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 674.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 87.
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