Stare Babice (pronounced [ˈstarɛ baˈbit͡sɛ]; "the Old Babice") is a village in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Babice.[2] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Ożarów Mazowiecki and 11 km (7 mi) west of Warsaw.
Stare Babice | |
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Village | |
 Parish church in Stare Babice | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Stare Babice | |
| Coordinates: 52°15′N 20°51′E / 52.250°N 20.850°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Warsaw West |
| Gmina | Stare Babice |
| Population (2010)[1] | 2,056[1] |
World War II history edit
During occupation of Poland in World War II, Babice served as location of mass executions of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto nearby. In 1942, 110 Jews from the Gęsiówka Prison in Warsaw were murdered by the Germans in a single Babice massacre (pl).
References edit
- ^ a b "Liczba mieszkańców Gminy Stare Babice w podziale na miejscowości" (in Polish). Gmina Stare Babice. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
Further reading edit
- Jewish Community in Stare Babice on Virtual Shtetl
- Bartoszewski, Władysław (1970). Warszawski pierścień śmierci 1939–1944. Warsaw: Interpress.
- Ringelblum, Emanuel (1988). Stosunki polsko-żydowskie w czasie drugiej wojny światowej. Warsaw: Czytelnik. ISBN 83-07-01686-X.