Gamratka
Gamratka [ɡamˈratka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mińsk Mazowiecki, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Mińsk Mazowiecki and 35 km (22 mi) east of Warsaw.
History
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. On July 27, 1943, the German gendarmerie carried out a massacre of two Poles and three Jews, whom they sheltered from the Holocaust.
References
- ^ "Wieś Gamratka - podstawowe informacje". Polska w liczbach. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 100.
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