Popielina

Popielina
Village
Popielina
Coordinates: 51°23′29″N 18°23′55″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Łódź
County	Wieruszów
Gmina	Lututów
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	EWE

Popielina [pɔpjɛˈlina] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lututów, within Wieruszów County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Lututów, 21 km (13 mi) north-east of Wieruszów, and 86 km (53 mi) south-west of the regional capital Łódź.[1]

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in December 1941 and January 1942, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in nearby Wieluń, and then deported either to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or to forced labour in Germany, while their houses 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. pp. 307–308. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.