Grądy, Gmina Wąsewo

For other places with the same name, see Grądy.

Grądy
Village
Grądy
Coordinates: 52°50′04″N 21°45′00″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

Grądy [ˈɡrɔndɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąsewo, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1]

History

In 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

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warsaw. 1881. p. 801.
3. 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.