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Village in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland
Jaworze Dolne
Village
Old mill in Jaworze DolneOld mill in Jaworze Dolne
Jaworze Dolne is located in PolandJaworze DolneJaworze Dolne
Coordinates: 49°57′N 21°21′E / 49.950°N 21.350°E / 49.950; 21.350
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountyDębica
GminaPilzno
Vehicle registrationRDE

Jaworze Dolne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pilzno, within Dębica County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Pilzno, 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Dębica, and 48 km (30 mi) west of the regional capital Rzeszów.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. On February 4, 1943, German troops and Gestapo perpetrated a massacre of 11 people in Jaworze Dolne. The victims were five Poles and six Jews, whom they sheltered from the Holocaust.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 92.
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