Baranowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Baranowo [baraˈnɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rutka-Tartak, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Lithuania. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Rutka-Tartak, 27 km (17 mi) north of Suwałki, and 134 km (83 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
In 1944, SS troops pacified the village of Baranowo, murdering 19 people
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Józef Fajkowski, Jan Religa (1981) Zbrodnie hitlerowskie na wsi polskiej 1939-1945. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Książka i Wiedza, p. 387