Gamratka

Gamratka
Village
Gamratka is located in Poland
Gamratka
Gamratka
Coordinates: 52°10′12″N 21°29′54″E / 52.17000°N 21.49833°E / 52.17000; 21.49833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyMińsk
GminaMińsk Mazowiecki
Population
 • Total
115[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWM

Gamratka [ɡamˈratka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mińsk Mazowiecki, within Mińsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Mińsk Mazowiecki and 35 km (22 mi) east of Warsaw.

History

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany. On July 27, 1943, the German gendarmerie carried out a massacre of two Poles and three Jews, whom they sheltered from the Holocaust.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wieś Gamratka - podstawowe informacje". Polska w liczbach. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Datner, Szymon (1968). Las sprawiedliwych (in Polish). Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. p. 100.


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