Śladów, Masovian Voivodeship

Śladów
Village
Śladów
Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 20°18′12″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Sochaczew
Gmina	Brochów
Population
• Total	389 (2,021)[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	WSC

Śladów [ˈɕladuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brochów, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

History

Monument for the victims of the Śladów massacre

In September 1939, during the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, the village was a site of massacre of 300 people, including about a 150 Polish prisoners of war, by the German troops (the Śladów massacre) (another source gives the number of 252 PoWs[2]).[3]

See also

• Nowa Wieś-Śladów

References

1. "Wieś Śladów (mazowieckie) » mapy, GUS, nieruchomości, regon, kod pocztowy, atrakcje, wypadki drogowe, kierunkowy, edukacja, demografia, tabele, zabytki, statystyki, drogi publiczne, liczba ludności". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-05-25.
2. Baxter, Ian (2021-10-30). Himmler's Death Squad – Einsatzgruppen in Action, 1939–1944: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives. Pen and Sword Military. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-5267-7859-8.
3. Datner, Szymon (1964). Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu na jeńcach wojennych armii regularnych w II wojnie światowej (in Polish). Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej. pp. 53–56.