Łopuchowo, Białystok County

For other places with the same name, see Łopuchowo.
Łopuchowo
Village
Łopuchowo is located in Poland
Łopuchowo
Łopuchowo
Coordinates: 53°11′N 22°40′E / 53.183°N 22.667°E / 53.183; 22.667
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyBiałystok
GminaTykocin
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code+48 85
Vehicle registrationBIA

Łopuchowo [wɔpuˈxɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tykocin, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Tykocin and 35 km (22 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

The site at which Tykocin's Jews were murdered and buried by the Germans on August 25, 1941 during the occupation of Poland sits in the village's outskirts.[2] Today, a memorial stands at the location.[3][4]

Mass grave of Jews from Tykocin, the place of the 1941 massacre carried out by Nazi Germany

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ "Yahad - in Unum".
  3. ^ (in Polish) "Rocznica zagłady żydowskiego Tykocina," (commemoration) Gazeta Wyborcza Białystok, 24 August 2009
  4. ^ Tykocin na mapie polskich judaików, at www.kirkuty.xip.pl


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