Strzegowo
Strzegowo [stʂɛˈɡɔvɔ] (German: Striegenau) is a village on the Wkra river in Mława County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Strzegowo.[1] It was formerly known as Strzegowo-Osada ("Strzegowo settlement"). It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Mława and 91 km (57 mi) north-west of Warsaw.
Strzegowo | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Strzegowo | |
| Coordinates: 52°54′N 20°17′E | |
| Country |  |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Mława |
| Gmina | Gmina Strzegowo |
| Population | 8,000 |
The village has approximately 8,000 inhabitants. Before World War II, 30% of the population of the village was Jewish. Almost all were murdered in the Holocaust. Some were slaughtered in the town itself by Germans and local ethnic Germans (the Volksdeutsche). Others were deported to Treblinka and Auschwitz where they were murdered. A few escaped and joined the partisans. A Polish doctor staffed the small Jewish hospital and helped quell the epidemic of typhus. [2]
External links
- Jewish Community in Strzegowo on Virtual Shtetl
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Megargee, Geoffrey (2012). Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. Volume II, 28-29. ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
