Rekówka
Rekówka | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Bridge over the Iłżanka River in Rekówka | |
  Rekówka | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′N 21°38′E / 51.250°N 21.633°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Lipsko |
| Gmina | Ciepielów |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WLI |
Rekówka [rɛˈkufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ciepielów, within Lipsko County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 km (7 mi) north of Lipsko and 116 km (72 mi) south of Warsaw.
History
[edit]Rekówka was a private village, administratively located in the Radom County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland,[2]
During the German occupation (World War II), on December 6, 1942, German Gendarmerie murdered ten Poles from Rekówka who were suspected of hiding the Jewish refuges. The victims were two men, two women and six children.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Województwo sandomierskie w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz.1, Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1993. p. 3.
- ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza. pp. 90–91.
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