Nielub

Nielub
Village
Nielub is located in Poland
Nielub
Nielub
Coordinates: 53°16′N 18°54′E / 53.267°N 18.900°E / 53.267; 18.900
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyWąbrzeźno
GminaWąbrzeźno
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Nielub [ˈɲɛlup] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąbrzeźno, within Wąbrzeźno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Wąbrzeźno and 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Toruń.

During the occupation of Poland (World War II), on October 17, 1939, the Germans carried out a massacre of Poles from Wąbrzeźno in the village (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 178 (in Polish)


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