Krzywe,_Podlaskie_Voivodeship

Krzywe, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Krzywe, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

For other places with the same name, see Krzywe.

Krzywe [ˈkʂɨvɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Suwałki, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Suwałki and 108 km (67 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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The seat of the Wigry National Park is located in Krzywe.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the Germans murdered Antoni Romuald Jałbrzykowski [pl], a Polish parish priest from Bakałarzewo, in the forest near the village as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2][3] According to some sources, the Germans gouged out his eyes and torn his tongue out before the execution.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Guzewicz, Wojciech (2008). "Eksterminacja duchowieństwa katolickiego na Suwalszczyźnie w okresie okupacji niemieckiej". Studia Ełckie (in Polish) (10): 141.
  3. [3]
    "Antoni Romuald Jałbrzykowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.


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