Garwolewo

Garwolewo
Village
Garwolewo
Coordinates: 52°26′8″N 20°16′19″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Masovian
County	Płońsk
Gmina	Czerwińsk nad Wisłą
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	WPN

Garwolewo [ɡarvɔˈlɛvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, 24 km (15 mi) south of Płońsk, and 56 km (35 mi) north-west of Warsaw.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (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.