Ignaców, Mińsk County
Ignaców [iɡˈnat͡suf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mińsk Mazowiecki, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
The local landmark is the Saint Anthony church.
History
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. On March 30, 1943, the Germans carried out a massacre of three Polish foresters and two Soviet POWs who escaped from German captivity. The foresters were members of the Polish resistance, and they sheltered Jews and Soviet POWs.
References
- ^ "Wieś Ignaców - 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. 94.
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