Grądy [ˈɡrɔndɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąsewo, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]
Grądy | |
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Village | |
  Grądy | |
| Coordinates: 52°50′04″N 21°45′00″E / 52.83444°N 21.75000°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Ostrów Mazowiecka |
| Gmina | Wąsewo |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | WOR |
| National roads |  |
History
editIn 1827, Grądy had a population of 99.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland in World War II, from July 1941, the Germans operated the Stalag 324 prisoner-of-war camp for Soviet POWs in the village.[3] In January 1942, it was relocated to Łosośna (present-day district of Grodno).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warsaw. 1881. p. 801.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Megargee, Geoffrey P.; Overmans, Rüdiger; Vogt, Wolfgang (2022). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. pp. 314–315. ISBN 978-0-253-06089-1.
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