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Łaskarzew

Coordinates: 51°48′N 21°36′E / 51.800°N 21.600°E / 51.800; 21.600
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Łaskarzew
Coat of arms of Łaskarzew
Coat of arms
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyGarwolin
GminaŁaskarzew (urban gmina)
Town rights1418
Government
 • MayorWaldemar Larkiewicz
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
4,908
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
08-450
Area code+48 25
Car platesWG
Websitehttp://www.miasto.laskarzew.pl

Łaskarzew [wasˈkaʐɛf] is a town in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,948 inhabitants (2004).

51°48′N 21°36′E / 51.800°N 21.600°E / 51.800; 21.600

Massacre during Second World War

During the German Invasion of Poland in 1939, German forces on 17 September murdered 54 people in the town, including 34 Jews and 24 Poles. The victims included elderly people as old as 75 years. [1]. On September 27, 1942, German forces deported 1240 Jews to Treblinka extermination camp. [2].

References

  1. ^ Szymon Datner "55 dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce" page 417
  2. ^ Table 3 Generalgouvernement and Bialystok General District, Deportations to Treblinka, Arad, pp. 392-395



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