Wola, Masovian Voivodeship

Wola
Village
Wola is located in Poland
Wola
Wola
Coordinates: 52°24′N 20°17′E / 52.400°N 20.283°E / 52.400; 20.283
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPłońsk
GminaCzerwińsk nad Wisłą
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationWPN
National roads

Wola [ˈvɔla] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland, on the Vistula river.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, 27 km (17 mi) south of Płońsk, and 53 km (33 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

History

During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were afterwards deported to forced labour, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 396. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.


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