Radgoszcz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Radgoszcz [ˈradɡɔʂt͡ʂ] is a village in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Radgoszcz. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Dąbrowa Tarnowska and 86 km (53 mi) east of the regional capital Kraków.
History
Radgoszcz was probably founded in the 15th century. The local Catholic parish and wooden church were founded by nobleman Jerzy Lubomirski in the 1660s.
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. In 1942, the German gendarmerie carried out executions of Jews and their Polish rescuers in Radgoszcz. The victims of the August 25 murder were Zofia Wójcik, her two children and one sheltered Jew, and the victims of the September 13 murder were three Polish farmers and one sheltered Jew.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warszawa. 1888. p. 381.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. pp. 88–89.
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