Prudziszki

Prudziszki

Prudziszki

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Prudziszki [pruˈd͡ʑiʂki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeleniewo, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Jeleniewo, 10 km (6 mi) north of Suwałki, and 118 km (73 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

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During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on April 26, 1940, the Germans carried out a massacre of 13 Poles from the region in the forest of Prudziszki as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2] Among the murdered were teachers, a local official and a military officer.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. [2]
    Maria Wardzyńska (2009) Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, p. 235 (in Polish)


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